Let’s not pretend it’s more than it is
Or that it was greater forces by which we were led
Let’s not, let’s not

Please don’t talk about me to your friends
Reallocating whatever thread you’ve got left
Please,
Don’t

I won’t admit how far it went
To save you, I’m sure, further embarrassment
I won’t, you know I won’t

Don’t twist my words to suit your needs
However eloquently they falter out as you breathe
Or turn your phrase in such a way
It leaves me crumbling underneath
An abandoned building open in its decay
A demolition would’ve been more humane
Than whatever drawn out disguised folk tale
You scribbled down and leather-bound
Pressed to make the pages stale
Just to write me out

Try not to mention me in any tense
Neither past nor present made any sense
Should there a future unbeknownst to me
Keep it blind
Let it be
Set me free