Always Just Me

I need you to step back

There is nothing to see here

All that was left of the love that lived here is gone

Replaced with bumps, bruises, and tears

It's all that is left of you and I

And it's all that I have left to carry away

So far away



Love has left this vessel

Replace my heart, it's all but dead

The pool of understanding is drained

And I remain, just me…always just me

.. ..

The bruises will heal

The bumps will recede

And the tears will dry

But, there is no bringing back the hope we had

There is no chasing a maybe any longer

We have torn it and burned it in the flames

All in the flames

.. ..

Love has left this vessel

Replace my heart, it's all but dead

The pool of understanding is drained

And I remain, just me…always just me

.. ..

No one will understand

You made sure that the vision they will have

Will be what you wanted, the battered the bad guy

And I fit that cloak of hatred so well

Better than you ever needed, although it's a façade

Just a façade

.. ..

Love has left this vessel

Replace my heart, it's all but dead

The pool of understanding is drained

And I remain, just me…always just me

.. ..

I will heal from this

I will be whole again, in time…hopefully soon

My aging exceeds the calendar

Have to go before I am told to leave

Need to save myself before all is lost

And there is no coming back

No coming back at all

.. ..

Love has left this vessel

Replace my heart, it's all but dead

The pool of understanding is drained

And I remain, just me…always just me

I need to be just me

I have to find just me

Need to love just me

For now