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  • A rotten soul

    I'm less upset about the fact that you lied to me, 

    And more upset about the fact that you wasted my time, 

    My time, 

    The most expensive thing I own, 

    You're a smart thief, 

    Taking the thing I value the most, 

    The thing I have the least of, 

     

    What did you think it would work on me, 

    Me whose been lied to and cheated so many times that I can tell a lie from a truth in an instant,

    The only thing that hurts is that I didn't find out sooner, 

     

    And when I called you out on it, 

    You tried to lie again, 

    What good was it?

    Didn't you know we were done for, 

     

    You don't think I found out what you wanted after that first lie, 

    The lie that ended it all, 

    The lie that showed just how rotten your soul was, 

     

    The lie that made me end it all, 

    That's right, 

    I ended it, 

    Not you, 

    Because what is gold compared to street trash, 

    No wonder why no one wanted to talk to you, 

     

    Now I wonder was your illness also a lie, 

    A deceit, 

    A way to trick someone, 

     

    To hell with you, 

    Let me leave with this, 

    I am a Phoenix, 

    I am reborn from my own ashes, 

    That is the power I hold, 

    To give the gift of life at will, 

    To heal, 

    To become a flame so powerful that it has the power to heal but also the power to destroy, 

    That is what I am,

     

    The time spent with you was a mistake, 

    And one I have dearly learnt from

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