Scarred Promises

I kept the ring in a matchbox

Like fire I could not use

You took the train when the rent came due

I sold my coat just to carry us through

We called it love,

then we called it war

Two open hands on a closing door

I gave you the window seat

I took the rain and the blame

If leaving was mercy

Why does it still say your name

Heartbreaks made a home in me

Sacrifices paid the fee

I let you go so you could breathe But every breath took

more from me

Heartbreaks, sacrifices

Love can burn and still be kind

Your mother called on a Tuesday night

Said you were tired but you looked all right

I learned to smile with my jaw locked tight

Kept all our ghosts out of sight

I kept the better story

You kept the easier road

We both paid the border

Only one of us went home

Heartbreaks made a home in me

Sacrifices paid the fee

I let you go so you could breathe

But every breath took more from me

Heartbreaks, sacrifices

Love can burn and still be kind

If I was the price of your daylight

I would pay it again

Not because it was easy

Because I meant it then

Heartbreaks, sacrifices I loved you past the line

Heartbreaks, sacrifices I am still learning to be mine