Shades of Red

What I didn’t know before

Was that our love was an illusion

A fun house in which we explored and played

I wasn’t prepared for the unstable foundation

Or how the lack of devotion

Would leave my soul to gray

Her distant emotions helped me to see

That while I loved her dearly

She felt nothing for me

She was the apple I plucked from the tree

Like the apple she was sweet until sour

And the taste of her churned in my stomach

I called out to her

Whispers beget nothing but bile

Because her name was spoilt and bitter

It stained my tongue and teeth

Dying them in sinful color

Shades of red they had not yet seen

Though I suppose

That is what I deserve

Because for the longest time

That is all she was to me

We were nothing more than warm bodies

Used to fulfill each others lustful needs