I remember the way you sank your teeth into me
My own personal big bad wolf

I wonder how many bruises I would have let you give me
How many times I would have let you hold me down

I have nightmares where the smells of cheap beer and body sweat haunt me
Memories fractured into hellscapes

But you said you couldn’t love me anymore
That if I had been better this never would have happened

I imagine if I peel back all my layers
I wouldn’t feel you anymore

That I could just strip away the person you left and become someone new
If I made myself less, I could be more for you

Instead the bruises healed, my body healed
My mind is the only part left to be tormented by you

Even my mind is healing too
You’re finally fading away