Painful To Leave Pain

It is painful to leave you

But it is even more painful

To stay with you

The damage is done

All is said

And done now

I continue to hope

That thing will get better

But it never did

After all these years

How wasted I feel

In the end, I had to leave

While I still have life in me

I forgive you

For all that you did to me

But the marks of abuse

You have engraved in my heart

And life will never be forgotten

Your words

An echoing sound in my head

The pain endured

The wounds I cannot bear any more

Oh have mercy on thee

The scares I wear

Like jewels on the body

Now I walk away

With all these memories

That will stay with me

It is painful to leave you

But it is more painful

To stay with you