The Things You Say Poem by The Poet Darkling

The things you say swirl in my head
Like the fall leaves swirl ‘round my feet
Make my heart feel like a body
That's been weighted down with concrete

You're so cold, I feel dead inside
But your words still hurt, just the same
I stand in awe, looking at you
At the curt monster you became

I remember when we first met
All the sweet things you said back then
You said you would never hurt me
Still, here I am, hurting again

I talk ‘til I'm blue in the face
Though you really don't seem to hear
I'm telling you that I love you
And I cant live without you near

Why must you get so defensive
When I repeat the things you say?
As if I were hurling insults
With a donkey's annoying bray

Constantly pontificating,
You contradict yourself with lies
And I believed the things you say
Until I saw through your disguise

Now I no longer feel the love
Just feel unwanted and alone
I'm left to pick up the pieces
Of the love that I now bemoan

So I lie here in self-pity
Thinking about the things you say
Wearing my unused wedding gown
Still clutching my withered bouquet