You Taught Me Well

When you came into my life, I had zilch, nada, not a thing to give,  

Just an empty heart, with no more tricks up its sleeve.  

Tried to push you away, but you stuck like glue,  

There in the trenches, just us two.  

We were both broken, a pair of misfits in a play,  

But I couldn’t run, no, not away,  

‘Cause you, oh crafty one, had my heartstrings in a bind,  

Showed me love, made me feel, left the darkness behind.  

You lit up my world, gave me a reason to sing,  

But damn, heartbreak came and clipped my wing.  

It's crippling, soul-sapping, leaves me reeling and raw,  

Because with you, I thought I’d found what I never saw.  

I felt safe, unbreakable, like a fortress of steel,  

You made promises, painted dreams, made it all feel real.  

Dropped my guard, fell hard, in love and then some,  

Just to be shattered, left in pieces, feeling dumb.  

It wasn’t just leaving, oh no, you took it up a notch,  

Spread lies, rumors, couldn’t even face the watch.  

No closure, no goodbyes, just a void, an empty space,  

Reminded me of that courtroom, a kid lost in the race.  

It’s a puzzle, a riddle, why you did what you did,  

I would have laid down my life, but you flipped the lid.  

Goodbye’s hard when it’s one-sided, echoes in the hall,  

A lesson learned, a truth burned, in love’s torturous squall.  

You taught me, oh yes, what to dodge in another,  

To shield my heart, to never fully uncover.  

I’d choose solitude, a lone wolf’s path,  

Over the turmoil, the aftermath, of your heart’s wrath.  

The odds of finding another venomous sting?  

Slim to none, not a chance, not a fling.  

So here I stand, bruised but breathing, in life’s grand tapestry,  

A wiser man, a guarded heart, in love’s twisted fantasy.