BEFORE I LEFT YOU
- Mar 7
- 1 min read
By Virginie Bernard
You betrayed me, made me a nomad
Lied to my face, for more than a year
Stole from me, money I never had
All to pretend we were both clean
Just before my gut-wrenching departure
I needed to shock your sedated routine
I ran through my memories to capture
The one you still care about, our everything
I wanted you to find her stabbed on the floor
Figure out what to do with her lifeless body
Lonely, burdened, yet selfish when you score
But she came closer, eye to eye, trusting me
Our bond had mastered any wrongdoing
I abandoned her breakable being