You play me like a puppet,

You torture me with your words,

You make sure everyone sees,

You make sure they don't disbelieve,

How you feel about me,

For I am just your fool, right?

When all I want to do,

Is fuss and fight,

But I am tangled up in your web,

I see the ghost of happiness instead,

I see myself cry in my bed,

Remembering how you violated me,

How you twisted your words to hurt me,

For I am nothing to you,

Yet everythng to you,

For I ease your bad days with my tears,

I ease the complicated yearning,

For that something I can't pinpoint.

I just allow myself to suffer at your hands,

I allow you to carry out your plans,

But from where I stand,

That can go on no longer,

For I am older, wiser,

And definitely stronger,

I just have to walk away,

I just have to have my say,

And not let you play,

Those mind games,

That you always play.