Memory

How long has it been since when we last met?
Time's passed so fast, I can hardly fathom it.

After all this time you still refuse to leave us alone.
But despite all your efforts, I continue to grow.

I'm no longer an ignorant child.
There's no more a fake smile you can hide behind.

It's too late, I know the truth.
You alwasy treated me like I was on my first baby tooth.
For my birthday, you promised me a hamster.
But instead I found out I had a much bigger monster.

Accepting it was hard, but I can't love a human without a heart.

I hold onto my hopes of freedom, for I can move on.
Though I know the devil looks after it's kind, the fact is that one day you'll be gone.

And when your journey comes to an end, I will not mourn.
I will rejoice, find peace.
Your presence disappears, and so does my emotional thorn.
My heart will nearly be whole, but you shall die with the final piece.

It's the only thing you may have of me: my suffering and hearthache that you've bestowed.
The only thing connecting us, the last string that will be severed.

A small hole remains in my beating heart, but some things can't be erased.
But I won't act as a pray being chased.
I will remember the hurt, the fear.
And you shan't have even one last tear.

I can begin my recovery, and you will be nothing but a distant memory