Inner Woman Volume 2

I wish you were

I wish you could

I wish you would

I wish you cared

My wishes and prayers

go unheard

You simply can’t,

or more likely won’t

You calculate your wins

minimize the losses

Take whatever you can

no thought of what it’s costing

Does it make you look better?

You know the gain to the letter

Does tearing me down

Lessen your frown?

Love doesn’t come into it

I’m sorry you don’t comprehend

and now I’m letting you go

Because I cannot be your friend

I will always love you

because you are my sister

But I will not let your toxic ways

Taint the color of my days

I will not accept the guilt

of your twisted ways and wilt

to let your anger so mismanaged

leave me torn and damaged

You cannot bury your hurt

under my tears

and gloat

It doesn’t work anymore

I’m settling the score

By walking proud and tall

and building up a wall

to keep you at a distance

and do myself a kindness

at my heart’s sweet insistence

And so, I let you go

and I’ll always know

what you are is your choice

I wash my hands of pity

My tears are shed with relief

the burden is yours to bear

I find I no longer care