Blindfolds

You see me moving on without you

Did my fire make yours seem less bright and hot?

He took pieces of me

Small at first

Then gradually I paid a higher and higher price

I don’t want to be the villain anymore

I can’t believe

I used to follow you into the dark with blindfolds

I don’t like your fake image

Your fake smile

And your fake love

He told me to wait 100 days outside his window

For him to change his mind about me

I waited through the heat and cold and rain

And on the 99th day I turned around and walked back home

I asked myself why I was waiting

Maybe I was waiting to stand a little taller

For my bones to be a little stronger

Maybe I wanted to prove that you couldn’t break me