There’s something wrong

When I’m not facing the sun

He sings a silly love song

My instinct is to run

But I go out on a limb

Stretching my boundaries

Only for him

I find my heart floundering

Time bleeds away

I tried to save him from his demons

I knew I shouldn’t have stayed

There were plenty of reasons

I don’t recognize my smile

My reflection in the mirror

A forced laugh once in a while

I begin to see clearer

I finally run

No reason to look back

I’m finally here, my face in the sun

Weight falling off my aching back

Sometimes I wonder

If he has changed

Or completely gone under

It lingers in me, fire and rage

Lost in the fog

Alone in the deep

Bound by a promise

That he couldn’t keep.