don’t hang around

I chose to let you go
I thought I wasn’t bound
Thought this piece I could control
I was safe, on solid ground

but keeping you around
even just a little bit
just in case things change
was like standing near a pit

an illusion on a shelf
I said I wouldn’t touch
ignore, don’t pay attention
I really don’t care much

pride and old delusions
deceived me to stay near
like I wasn’t really close
or a step beyond the tears

the things I know I am
were threatening to unwind
because you held some strings
small hooks into my mind

I doubt you even knew
your life just carried on
tossing out new traps
awaiting your next pawn