Threads Of Deceit

Threads Of Deceit
Written and Published by AJ Slawski

You spun your words like silk, 

But it all frayed when I realized the truth,
“You're my world you said”

“I want to be with you until we are wilted flowers”
Both were lies I bought 

Like a ticket to a dream, only to wake up in reality

It's hard to love someone so much, 

Only to find out that their “Love” 

Was really just a mask 

That they could hide behind

Some people only want you 

When you’re a convenient to them,

But as soon as the tables turn, 

They flee off into the darkness 

Like a flame being drenched in water

I want to thank you, though,
Not for stabbing me in the back,
Not for staining my sheets with my tears,
Not for leading me blindly off a cliff

No, I want to thank you for showing me 

What love is not,

For revealing to me that I am worth more 

Than the scars you left on my heart,

For teaching me to check the ice, 

Before walking onto it,

For proving that with every word you inflicted,

I have stitched a lesson into my soul

Now I stand a statue, reaching tall,

My shattered pieces glistening in the light,

I've learned to drown myself in the love 

You not once bestowed upon me,

So thank you for the scars;

They have become my art, 

A testament of my journey, and the 

Rebirth of my heart