Internal Bleeding

Bleeding from within

the darkness crawls, impales onto me

you left that night like a witch in flight

left me torn to writhe in agony

You betrayed most sacred vows

blamed it all on destiny

your fleeting promise drowns

in a hellish pool of misery

Poisoned my soul

hate becomes the only feeling

but I must learn to control

if I hope to stop the bleeding

...and start the healing

Rest in smoldered ashes

of memories burned in effigy

purge myself of every trace

of your emotional leprosy

I brought myself to believe

a fate of endless pain

passage of time entombs the past

but I’ll never be the same

Poisoned my soul

the hate with time receding

control brings out serenity

and begins the act of healing

(...stopped the bleeding)

Left me with a horizontal scar

in the place you once called home

but I’m the strong and you the shamed

never again to speak your name

Cleansing my soul

of the plague that crippled me

like a shedding of serpent skin

I’m finally free..

of you.