A Predator Of Purity

Days roll into the next and weeks pass

We both know you’re running out of games to play

And routes to take, to try and break my strength

Trust turned to betrayal and only now I realize

That you just needed fresh blood and raw flesh

To feed your hunger for heartbreak

To nourish your starving, tainted soul

Hollow promises you whispered to me in the dead of the night

And by the next morning, a broken mirage of what ifs

These word games you play, these jumbled riddles

Looping through my tired heart like barbed wire

The fierceness of your façade screams at me now

Empty eyes of a man without a purpose

A smile on your face, a mask to hide the shades of your darkness

My naïve soul thought it had found a friend

A place to rest its broken wings and heal it’s tired roots

You spoke of love that seemed bigger than my being

You spoke of depth that even the oceans would be jealous of

And I fell, I let myself fall, in the unknown abyss that is your heart

Or at least the outline of where a heart should have been

The ease with which you changed lanes and left me behind

Not a care in the world, or remorse on your lips

Now I’m left with the pungent taste of your empty kisses

The rancid smell of your skin lingers on me still

Run before it’s too late, they said

Save yourself before you’re in too deep, they said

Oh, but my foolish heart didn’t listen

Their words rolled off of me like glass beads

And now all I stand on are shattered pieces

Trying desperately to sew together gaping wounds

Only after all this time do I recognize your kind

A thief in the night, a predator of purity

A gambler of hearts

A perfectionist at deceit

Dilz