stepping stone

i’m the stepping stone to your radiant future

the guilty figment of your past,

you covet me gently in guilty arms

while you tip the hourglass

i’m the encyclopedia of your soul

i worship the divine libraries of your mind,

burdened with your words engraved in gold

& films of tarnished memories i can’t turn blind

i don’t take your blasé disposition lightly

and i’ll hate myself vehemently in the desolate silence of your pauses,

but to feel the soft spark your presence enflames

i’ll be home soon my love, and undermine the causes

wrap my deep wounds in your flimsy bandaids

your bullets are comforting and sweet,

she’s everything i long for when i look in the mirror

she’s the dream-laced standard i couldn’t beat.

i was the stepping stone to your radiant future

now the guilty figment of your past,

my broken heart trapped in sunset amber

wishing you told me i was replaceable.

wishing you told me i was never meant to last.