TrystanBehm

Hippocratic Oath

You swore not to hurt me 
Your words the anesthesia 
That numbed the pain 
While your workers 
Slowly chipped away
At every wall I had 

You sat behind my head
Whispering dreams 
That loosened the mortar 
The walls fell faster 
My synapses fired rapidly 
Memories created instantly 

My walls were fortified though
Thicker and harder than you planned 
So your voice grew stronger 
From encouragement, to direction 
Eventually dictation - “you will”... 
Believe whatever I say, because it’s the truth 

The final structures fell hard 
Complete destruction during the collapse 
No material left to rebuild 
A complete loss 
Decades of building 
Gone in an plume of poisoned dust 

Your crystal ball became a reality 
You could see it now for yourself 
Fully exposed, the one entity never clear 
My heart, there in its\' full glory 
Its\' beat strong and intimidating 
You knew why, it beat for you 

Like a squall in the middle of an Atlantic night
It hit you, you couldn’t handle it 
So you ran, no thought of your promise 
In your trail you left your whispers 
Your anesthesia ripped from me 
And there I laid...

Fully awake and conscious 
My chest held open with a rusty tool 
The pain almost imaginary 
The physical agony - just that 
But I looked for you 
It would be ok, you would be there 

You swore never to hurt me
I gave myself to you, all of me 
Everything I had to offer
The best and worst of me
And you just wanted to see
What I had inside 

You unwrapped me 
And threw away the gift 

Left me on a table 
Watching my own heart 

Die in front 
Of my own eyes

I want to hate you 
But I can’t 

I just wish, the whispers 
Had been real 

That heart could have pumped 
For the two of us

 - forever and always