Iron Ember

You said my name like you knew my side Now every room

got a different reply

You took a small truth,

bent it till it broke

Passed it hand to hand like a half-lit joke

I gave you my word,

gave you a place at the table

You turned that trust into something unstable You knew what I built,

knew who I came home to Still made your move like the

rules don't hold you Now you look away when the questions get

plain But a borrowed excuse can't erase what you changed

Say it to my face,

don't

dress it up for

the crowd You had

my trust, now you say it out loud No more side talk,

no more playing both sides

You made your choice; I can read it in your

eyes I

won't trade my peace

for

a scene in the street I won't let your version

put a price on me Keep the names,

keep the stories, keep

the little disguise I

know what I saw; I don't need your alibis

You can call it a misunderstanding,

call it bad timing But you knew every step when you crossed

that

line

in I

won't chase your shadow,

I won't beg you to stay

I shut that door clean; let the silence have its say

Say it to my face,

don't dress it up for the crowd

You had my trust,

now you say it out loud No more side

talk, no

more playing both

sides You made your choice; I can

read it in your eyes

No scene, no speech,

no second try

I know what happened.

That's goodbye.