We both put up our walls the night we met
The more we flirted the more my heart yearned
I made a decision to open up the gate
To allow you into my kingdom
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You might have believed I was a king
The way I held myself up on a pedestal
My truth is I was a fool merely performing for all to see
Joy came to me from the laughter of others
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Your tale was something much different from mine
You stood atop your walls and professed your love to me
Those words always felt empty to me
I never saw your gate move
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You asked to be treated like a queen on a pedestal
Yet you carried yourself like a fool
A mask of pain for all to see
Hiding from the world your inner self
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I stood at your gate and waited patiently
Love and compassion were given freely
Things I couldn’t even give myself at times
But your heart was still full of pain
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In the end the price became too steep
My mind betrayed my heart
Reality opened my eyes to the truth
A simple step was all it took for me to walk away
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Yet my feet refused to move
There was a chain around me that had to be cut
Calling upon my spirit guides to cut the chain
A sword broke the chains in the blink of an eye
Back to my kingdom I ran with a new mask to play the fool