The Loss

Why did you leave- we all wanted you to stay-
I still can't believe, that was your price to pay.
I was laughing when you left,
Now I'm crying every night.
I haven't learned to deal,
With your voice inside my head.
I guess I'll move along, and keep my head
Held high. I knew you couldn't stay
Forever, I was ready to deal
Out the next hand of cards, Cody said "pay
Up." Then you said "I have a long night
Tomorrow." I wish I'd said "Lee wait, stay for one more hand,: you would have left
Anyway, but there could have been that chance. You've left
This world behind, for a palace in my head,
A temple in my heart-and at night-
You'll always have a place to stay-
With never any price to pay-
Just you, me, Deal
Or No Deal muted on tv. Deal
Or no deal, I wish Satan had said to me. He'd stop before you left
And for that my soul I'd pay,
And I know that you'll never leave my head,
Divided on if you should stay.
I can never make it through the night.
All day I'm tortured, at night
I'm in prison, these four walls I'm forced to deal
with you face, in pain I stay.
How could I laugh when you left,
But you never left, still trapped in my head,
I wonder what debt I have left to pay?
What debt is left to pay?
What night, what night will be the night
You finally leave my head,
That I'll finally learn to deal,
That your never coming back, you've left.
I knew you couldn't stay-
Forever-that night you left
One world for another, tears to dirt, hand to head, a sinner must pay-
Their debt, their crime, could I deal if you chose to stay?

Copyright © Dalton Powell | Year Posted 2009

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