Betrayal Road

Devastated again Scrape my pride off your shoe We've both abused My generosity enough for now Every moment of blissful denial Dashes with your glare and wink The lies of omission This lust for contrition I can't fix my stance With my back to that cracked wall Contemptible ghost Haunt another sucker With your sigh And giggle Share your laugh at my expense To lighten the world I'll shoulder the burden Of longing to grow with you My conversation Loses voices every day Yet one cries out without abandon So I stuff a sock in his mouth To hold that weeper ransom Chop off a toe As proof of life Before collecting my prize And snuffing it out for good