Attrition

you wear me down

you push my buttons

you wanna see how much

you can get away with

you don’t text or call for days

you leave me hanging by a thread

you’re pushing me further away

you’re making it hard to stay

Those 3 words lacked conviction

Don’t you realize at this rate

we’ll both lose this war of attrition?

I push this further

By ignore you to see how far you’ll go

I over do it one day and the next I’m back full on it, over and over again

I make you fall, catch you and slowly lay you on the ground

I pick you up but as soon as you fly I retract and pull you back

I overwhelm you and act as if it’s lack of attention

Why can’t we stop?

We’re in the brink of losing this war of attrition

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Why couldn’t we see?

We were on the same side

We spent the whole time

Imploding and self destructing

We could’ve easily avoided it

My tempter and ire

Your control and lack of desire

Now our names mean affliction

We both lost this war of attrition