I am an icepack for a bruised lip

I am solitude

Comfort

When your friends strip you down

And leave you naked and cold

I'm the only one left

Because I was the only one who was ever there

But you don't see me

Unless its through your black eye

Because the moment

Your abusers take you back up in their wretched arms

You forget every wrong

And you leave me here

In my first aide kit until you get smashed to pieces again.

Loyalty is a double-edged sword

I'll never stop loving you

Even if you're conditional, and unkind, and sick.

Enjoy my perks while they last

Because while you suck the life from my lungs

The marrow out of my bones

You're too blind to see

Your security blanket is

ripping at the seams.