Liar, Liar

A Poem

Photo by Alexander Krivitskiy on Unsplash

i thought i knew the score
because i’d played this game
so many nights before,
all to the tune of you.

but i was too close
to see all the cracks
in that studded mirror
watching from the ceiling.

we thought we could live
in splendor and luxury,
but we weren’t royals —
oh, no, we were the liars.

but we sputtered out
far too soon, far too soon —
like we weren’t meant to last
outside of our own personal inferno.

you thought love was a poison
that wouldn’t infect you,
but then you met me —
and the lines changed.

but you couldn’t take it,
the weight of someone else
with that second heartbeat
and the challenge too.

i wish i could say
i loved you well —
but, oh, no, no,
we died at sunrise.