Burned and Backless

I loved you like a goddamn war,

Like bleeding was part of the chore.

I held you steady while you shook,

While you burned every chance you took.

I gave you nights,

I gave you skin,

Let you crawl under,

deep within.

And you ended it with a fucking screen—

Cold blue light where love should’ve been.

I wasn’t disposable, wasn’t a phase,

You don’t get to erase me that fucking easy.

You threw me away with a text,

Like I was nothing you didn’t use.

I broke my back just to make you stay,

You hit “send” and walked away.

I’m not your ghost,

not your regret, I’m the best damn thing you’ll never get.

I loved you hard,

I loved you raw— Now I’m done begging,

done being small.

Every “forever” you swore was cheap,

Said with a mouth that couldn’t keep

A single promise, not one damn thing,

Just hollow words and cowardly wings.

You think you’re clean ‘cause you didn’t scream,

Didn’t see me fall apart in between.

But silence cuts just as fucking deep,

And now you don’t get a hold on me.

I was fire in your freezing hands,

You dropped me ‘cause you never could stand Someone who felt too

much, too real,

Someone who couldn’t fake the deal.

You threw me away with a text,

shit hurts, But you don’t get the last fucking word.

I’m not your backup,

not your spare, I was love—you were scared.

I loved you true,

I loved you loud,

Now I’m burning your memory to the ground.

Do you remember my fucking face?

Or was I just time you tried to waste?

I held you when you couldn’t breathe,

You couldn’t even break up with me.

I hope it haunts you late at night,

That I was real—you were just a lie.

You lost someone who would’ve stayed— I lost a coward.

Fair fucking trade.

You threw me away with a text,

fuck

no, I’m not the one who’s gonna be alone.

You’ll feel this shit when it’s too damn late,

When you miss the love you couldn’t appreciate.

I’m not your shadow,

not your pain, I’m the thunder you’ll never tame.

I loved you once,

yeah, I won’t deny— But I survived you,

and that’s the win.

So keep your phone,

keep your lies, I’m done shrinking just to make you feel right.

Thrown away? Nah, love— I walked out screaming,

alive, and free.