Lonely Man

Don't bother me
With your quiet words
Or one liners
Thrown in on the side
A group of small letters
Huddled together
Will not replace a body

Or create an honest chapter

And your casual after thoughts

Wont be enough to fix
The empty mutters
That helped break all of this
So you're just wasting my time
You wont reel me back in
Marching triumphantly
Bucket of lies beneath your skin
And I wont bite the bait
Hanging limp from your line
We've been here before
I know the games in your mind
Check-mate on this round
I can predict your next move
And know what you'll do
To hide from what you'll lose
So next time you attempt
Or contemplate a ponder
Remind yourself of my words
When I say "please don't bother"
Go remove the tricks from your sleeve

And the rabbit from your hat

Take them somewhere else

Because I don't want one part of you back

Learn to leave it be
Return yourself to the fantasy
It's so much easier
To escape from this life's reality
You'll say goodbye to what is true
Erase all your could or would-have beens
But I'm living life real
Plan to soar up high over the seas
And you created a little world
It really is one of a kind
Alone and in control
It's your idea of paradise
And for now perhaps it is
A perfect land for just the one
But nothing lasts forever
Know what you did to us can't be undone
And one day far in the future
When I'm finished flying these skies
The lonely man in your reflection
Just may regret he said goodbye
To the girl with the boy
Who stood giving him her all
An honest heart offered dreams
Full of fairytale potential