Effect on Me

My skin has been chipped off and replaced with Saran Wrap,
Eyes are frozen open from staring at your back too long.
My ears are still ringing with the reverb of your last words,
Hair a dull shine in this temporary February gloom.

Your tongue stumbles over these words that I cannot hear,
You’re speaking in a foreign language I don’t comprehend.
It’s like you’re whispering from a great distance,
And you somehow expect me to be all there.

After days and days of standing here in my lonely daze,
These words have taken their places in my mind.
You said, “You are not the girl I thought you were,
I just can’t take your insanity anymore.

I thought you were so quiet and sweet, that was okay with me,
But in the end you only proved to be a selfish, bitter queen.
Take the words that we shared, and the CDs that we burned,
And do not speak to me again, ‘cause you are just a burden.”

Pieces of the puzzle have been tossed together carelessly,
You left me with a confused heart and a chip left on my shoulder.
I ponder once then ponder twice, hoping for a reason,
But in the end it goes to show, pain depends on season.

I stare once more at your long lost shadow, waiting on the horizon,
And I blink away the frozen tears, I rub my arms to warm them.
Run my fingers through my hair, and shake my head to clear my ears,
You had quite the effect on me, but the spell you cast has finally released me.