Welcome to Midnight

Yes, this day has ended now
The light I return with a stench so foul
It was naught but predators on prowl
That sun gave me the bitterest scowl

Was I a child full of blinded hope
That the ones I loved could not cope
With the evident relief from my fears
Why am I left with nothing but tears

A lesson learnt is a painful thing
My heart stopped what it started to sing
Replaced with an awkward silence lingering
This shattered mind does still ring
From that inevitable delirious sting
Of venomous, tragic Misunderstanding.

Misunderstood though I gave my all
Which led to this cruelest fall!
I gave my time I gave my love
I gave all I could, I placed it above

Above the things I used to claim
Above my dignity, trust, my name
Above the wants I said was mine
Above the things I doubted fine

Yet this happened, how can it be?
How was I so blind not to see?
Why did I ignore my dearests' plea?
That this wasn't the right one for me?

Hence into the night slowly I'll crawl
Battered and bruised from the massive brawl
Far from that girl who stood proud and tall
I give to the shadows of this curtain call


But soon enough I know I'll stand
Taller yet because I can.
I am a woman. I need no man.