This Gravel Road

How could you leave me?

Give the best of me away?

I gave you all I had

All except my heart.

And you ran away with it all

And played with the shiny new toy.

She waltzed into your heart

And replaced me.

Your every waking thought

Even in your dreams

She smiled and danced

And broke what you gave her

What you got from me

And giggled at the glass.

You came back

After she left you

And wondered why

I felt down, and alone-

So empty, clinging to my heart

That was all I had left

Since I lost you.

Some riches she gave you

You wore before me

Like I was blind to it all.

A stab to the heart

And I'm stumbling down

The dirt road I was left on

Trying to find home.

I trip and I fall,

I'm caught by a stranger

With a friendly hand.

She smiles and brushes off

The gravel I am covered in

And bandages up my wounds.

Currently healing

Covered in scrapes,

And scars on my heart

Scratches on my face

She's stitched these wounds

Helping me heal,

Knowing there will be scars left,

But helping me, still.

That is what matters,

The fact that she cares

And unable to imagine

Why you left me there.

Talking to her

Busy you were

While I waited elsewhere

Wondering where you are,

And if you even care.

So I let slip these tears, and cuts

In hiding so

So that nobody will hear,

And no one will know.