You Played Word Games With My Head

You Played Word Games With My Head

You said maybe, but your eyes spelled no

I traced the letters, slow to know

You spoke in riddles, loops, and lies

Each truth you gave had a thin disguise

You said forever, I heard for now

You crossed your heart, then broke your vow

Each pause you placed became a trap

A comma curled into a slap

Your metaphors were sharpened knives

You cut me clean with passive lines

A whispered soon became too late

A joke that dressed itself as fate

You made a pun of every ache

A twist, a turn, a small heartbreak

You played me like a crossword clue

Each hint undone the more I knew

You rhymed control with let it be

Then sighed, “Don’t over-analyse me”

You used italics when you lied

Your silence shouted from the side

And now I speak in tongues you taught

Each word a wound, each thought self-fought

You made my mind a paper sheet

And scratched your puzzles in repeat

I tried to read the thread

but all I got was what you said

And that our ship was sinking fast

i amnow free of you at last.