Whose (who's) truth?

My story versus your story

whose truth are we vying for here?

My damages and your hurts

neither one is spared

My wins and losses

Your facts and lies

Select wisely

Before this relationship dies

I suffer my pains alone

Longingly looking at you, love

Not knowing the bruises you have inflicted

With those words you did not say

You creep away slowly,

As if pushed aside by an invisible force

Or perhaps it is something else

The true voice of your heart that pulls you away

How how how how

How could you, could i, would i

Who's truth, what does she want

Do we accept, reject, or deny?

These words, these letters,

Spill out so b r o k e n l y

Spewing alongside the rivers of my blood

That flows so freely

My softer innards

Gushing forth from your wounds

I scratched, you bled

You cheated, I fled

I fled for cover

To hide my vulnerability

While I give you shelter

Behind my masked smiles and my gentle words

I cradle your ego

As boils burst beneath my skin

The rage, it quiets

The truth of our two worlds.