It's easier to tell someone the truth,

When you can't see their face.

I wait like a home-alone puppy,

I finally get to feel your embrace.

I light a vanilla-scented candle,

I had the motivation to tidy the place.

The phone notification chimes,

I open your message in haste.

“I fell in love with somebody else…”

My smile has drifted into space.

Tears of mascara have left stains,

My perfect makeup has gone to waste.

Despite my trembling fingertips,

I respond back in hurt disgrace.

“Whoever she is, she deserves better,”

I always treat love like a race.

It's easier to tell someone the truth,

When you can't see their face.