to love is to be a slave

He turns to me
He speaks to me
His words fall like stones
I can feel them in my bones

Cheer up he says
Move on he says
How can I?
After he took my happiness
After he took my innocence

He turns and speaks
To me in a tone that is bleak

I’m leaving he says
I’m gone he says
Now in that grave,
He lays
My slave
He shall forever be