Ode to the Confused

This is a break up poem dedicated to anyone that has ever been told. "I'm leaving you because I love you."

Say you wanted me for my spirit.
Say you wanted me for my pride.
Say you wanted me for my rapier wit,
Even when its parried aside.

Declare you loved me for my body.
Declare you loved me for my mind.
Declare you loved my eccentricity,
Not that I was always fair and kind.

Tell me how musical my laughter,
Or that my philosophies were wise.
Tell me there is no hope for a here after,
Or that all of them were lies.

Say you adored me for my melancholy.
Say you adored me for my joy.
Even you adored me for my folly,
But that I was not some careless child's toy.

Say you treasured my mystery.
Say you treasured my disguise.
Say you treasured all I can be,
Or only for the stars within my eyes.

Tell me you were lost in my sweet voice.
Tell me you were lost in my poetic word.
That you were lost without a choice,
Even when I didn't say a word.

Say you were enchanted by my insanity.
Say you were enchanted when I was sane.
Enchanted by my soul's symphony,
When I made you dance out in the rain.

Tell me you valued only my talents
Or that I could read your mind.
Tell me you valued when I was gallant,
Or when logic was left far behind.

Tell me I bewitched you with my beauty.
Tell me I bewitched you with my charm.
Bewitched you with all the things I can see,
And all your guards disarmed.

Say you needed me for my innocence.
Say you needed me for my pain.
Just say it in the past tense,
Say you needed me, and will not need me again.

Say you left me for our delusions.
Say you left because I treated you ill.
Just don't leave me in this confusion,
By saying you had not loved me, but you love me still.