People Always Leave

Anger, it bites us all some days
When it's not, angry is licking your heels
Slicing & burning you achilles tendon
Is it a wonder that people always leave?
Weakness, like an annoying little brother
Making you believe there's nothing you can do
Stabbing & beating your soul to a pulp
Is it a mystery that people always leave?
Sadness, gripping your heart with a cold hand
Freezing you cold vein by vein
Leaving a broken version of yourself behind
Is it a surprise that people leave?
Pain, often it crouches below the surface
Sipping the life from your soul so slowly
Turning you hard & empty in the core
How is it shocking when everybody leaves?
Everyday we wake up with this weight on our shoulders
The weight of every disappointment & every broken heart
All the dreams we've left unfulfilled slowly breaking our backs.
Remember we too always leave.
If he breaks your heart you're gone.
When your enemy is around you're gone
That kid wants help you're gone
So now you're the one who always leaves
No sex? You leave. Regret? You leave. Afraid? You leave.
You just keep on leaving.
How can you expect anyone else to stay?
I have succumbed to anger & weakness
Played the victim to sadness & pain
I too wake up with weights in my shoulders
But I have sworn to never leave.
Strength is a quiet whisper
Injecting you with warmth
Reminding you that someday, somewhere,
There will be someone who'll always stay.