i walk bare footed
into September 
to forget about this 
HELL you've created

   i thought love really
mattered to you
i thought the skin 
on your arms was the
       skin 
that covers me

    late at night when
no one else wants to

took time, 
   took years 
(almost ten)
    to realize my love
is worth more than 
the effort you 
did not put in

eyes full of tears

   because i am finally free
i am finally happy

i am back to me