cunning

I'm sorry, dear.
I'm sorry, dear.
I tried so hard.
I let you learn to know me.
Every nook and cranny.
All the horrid dark places, and all the lovely bright ones.
You turned your head to those, and explored the rest.
You kept all the little bits of me, and threw out all the bad.
I thought you'd learned to love me. I learned to love you.
We tripped and fell into each other, became two that could be one.
We shared so much. Adventured together, and discovered each other.
We walked away, me only left with the little dark bits, the shadowy shit.
You left with all the bright parts, and all yours too.
You walked away a stranger, merely curious for a while.
You walked away a thief, a con artist.
And I'm sorry, dear.
I'm sorry, dear.
I tried so hard.
But I left a stranger, and you a criminal.