Battle of Our Hearts
How can you lie so close to me
yet seem so far away?
You ask me what I’m feeling
but I don’t know what to say.
Words used to come so easy
and roll right off my tongue
but that was when I’d die for you
and we were both so young.
We could easily play the blame game
or fight and scream and shout
but that won’t make it better
and it won’t get me out.
How could we start on such a high
then end on such a low?
I thought I’d stay forever
but now can’t wait to go.
The magic ride we started
is about to crash and burn,
I still don’t know what happened,
so I guess I’ll never learn.
“All’s fair in love and war,” they say
and you can’t avoid the pain,
so even if you love again
the scares will still remain.
We both know that there’s nothing left
of this love we both once shared
and it doesn’t really matter
if you ever really cared
because the battle lines were drawn up
and we both played out our parts.
As we shared our ringside tickets
to the battle of our hearts,
where bitter words were spoken
and insults thrown about,
where our hearts were torn and broken
once the final bell rung out.
Now that it’s all over,
It’s not hard to understand
why I’ll never place my heart again
in some one else’s hands .
The silence is deafening
in our private little hell
but even through the hurt and pain,
I can’t help but wish you well.
Copyright © Michael Marino | Year Posted 2019
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