Shallows

Better to have loved and lost, than to have not loved at all.

Away I go again
Off the deep end
And you stare, as always,
With those piercing black-hole eyes

I shout but you whisper
And it makes me shout more
Until you're shouting and I'm shouting
But we aren't hearing each other
And the neighbors next door just stare with
Eyes wide

You slap me
And then again
How dare I! How dare I!
Finger stabs accusingly
And then I go to hit you and then stop
Pausing -- to spit in your face
I'm forced to watch the tears well up in your eyes

I leave
And then you leave
And silence seeps in
For a day, or a week, or more
Then I come back and then you come back
The cycle starts all over again

But I've had enough with
Treading over eggshells or
Shallows, filled with rocks
Of sleeping with my thumb
On the panic button
So I leave, this time for good
Because you deserve better --
Better than I could ever provide
But I'm forced to watch, forever haunted,
By those tears coming from your eyes

Reviews

[Relic]

The volatility of a relationship can seep in with claws and slowly destroy any love that initially brought couples together. Relationships can be so hard to maintain when anger has found its way into matters at hand.

Your words depict such emotion but to hear the final conclusion is so sad. Haunted is a great way to say how it feels to be in that situation.

[Pi Cee]

But you still regret the loss...