I kept pretending everything was fine,
Your poison tasted sweet like wine.
You’d cut me open, call it love,
I bled in silence, never enough.
You smiled while I fell apart,
Played my ribs like strings on a broken heart.
And I—
I was too scared to see the signs.
Every word, every look,
Was another page I never took.
You wrote the ending while I dreamed,
Now I see what you really mean.
I’m screaming in my skull tonight,
Fighting shadows under shattered light.
Your ghost still whispers, soft but cruel,
And I believed every lie like a fool.
But now I see—
You never loved me, you loved control of me.
And I can finally breathe…
In the wreck you left of me.
You used my kindness like a leash,
Every apology was just your peace.
You knew how deep your claws could go,
And I mistook that pain for hope.
All those nights I bit my tongue,
I thought I was strong, but I was numb.
And I—
Let you build your throne on my denial.
You said “forever,”
But you meant “until you’re done.”
Now the echoes fade,
And I see what I’ve become
I’m screaming in my skull tonight,
But for once, it’s not from fright.
It’s the sound of truth breaking through,
Every scar is proof I grew.
I can feel the air again,
I can hear my own voice within.
You broke the man I tried to be…
But I’m building something real from me.
I see you now in the cracks of my mind,
A ghost of the past I left behind.
You taught me pain, you taught me fear,
But I’m done keeping you near.
You don’t get to live in me!
You don’t get to set me free!
I’ve burned your name inside my head,
Now your silence is all that’s left!
I was screaming in my skull too long,
But pain can turn to something strong.
You can’t haunt what’s learned to heal,
I know what’s fake, I know what’s real.
I’m bleeding, but I’m breathing still,
The cracks you made won’t break my will.
You broke the man I used to be…
Now I see it clear—
You never deserved me.
ARCAINE
