Candy Coating

If I were to tell you
How deep the pain goes
Would you kiss away my tears?
Would you fight back my woes?
For my heart has been broken
By two of your kind
And my ears are still ringing
With your virulent lies.

The boy told her always
And he charmed her with words
That tasted like candy coating
Over rusted prickly spurs.
He clawed from within
And he tore at her heart
As the candy coating melted
With promises of till death do we part.

So don’t tell me always
Because I’ll never believe
In candy coated lies
Filled with “I’ll eventually leave.”
Don’t whisper of tomorrows.
For weeks, months, and years
Mean nothing to me now.
Please spare me your wanton tears

I’ll give nothing to you.
My decision is set
For I’ve been broken twice before
And I’ve nothing whole left.
But I’ll hear the todays
The nows I’ll accept.
You can whisper your secrets
And I assure you they’ll be kept

Maybe I’ll love you.
I might even try
For tomorrow as well.
As long as you don’t make me cry.