I saw you

I saw you
for who you really are
and all that you are not
cause I stripped away your mask long ago
and I saw you there
shallow shell
At first, I offered you sincerity
and you ripped it up like weeds choking a garden
and I was just another in your long line of fleeting fancies

Well I won't be forced to vie for your affections
this is not a ruse to amuse
not a game to stave off times pressing matters
I'm not a project or a 'fixer- upper"
I'm not an easy read to lose yourself in on a lonely Sunday afternoon
or the freak show in town for a limited viewing
You can't pass me by like time or inconsequential friends
or play me like a merry tune
I saw through the painted veil
saw you - YOU
and you knew it
and cut me down and out
and set me free
while you remain there entangled
in your lies and illusions
wondering why nothing lasts
why all you touch turns to ash
and wastes away under your instruction
I saw you
and didn't like the view
confined to your blinders
fettered to fear
consumed by the knowledge you are quite possibly nothing
so you take your shame and pass it on
denying that the root of all cause and agony lies within your grasp
and I saw it all
cause I saw who you are and not who you pretend to be
and your love turned to disdain and destruction
but it no longer matters to me