Thank you for the Rain.

Dismiss my emotions, my thoughts, and my plea,

Ignore the effort and time I’ve invested in you.

Validation wasn’t my goal,

Just a conversation, or so I thought.

Yet you taught me love in its most cruel form,

To hate your name and brace the storm.

Pleasant moments fade into gray,

What did I do to deserve such dismay?

Exhaustion, pain, a battle fought hard,

Bleeding physically, my scars a guard.

I concealed the truth each time we met,

But the pain remains, a memory set.

The depth of hurt, a lesson learned,

But in my mind, it fiercely burned.

Being with you is a silent struggle,

Until numb, I face this life.

Sympathy fades, my care is spent,

On feelings deep, my heart is bent.

Thank you for loving with control,

For manipulating, for taking your toll.

Here I rest, with pain my shroud,

In this grave, I stand unbowed with my name.