Drag You Down Screaming

If I sink
I drag you down screaming
through the black water
and the bones

Every lie you told
rides shotgun
chewing holes
through your paper thrones

I spent years in your shadow
picking up shards
from the bottles you threw
in your storms
while you blamed any nearby soul
for the mess

You staggered through lives
like a cheap gas fire
set roofs alight then walked away whistling
while I stayed behind
to mop up the stress

You called me dramatic
when I said I could not breathe
told me everyone had it rough
and I should just toughen up
and take the hit

I did
until the bruises joined hands
turned into armor
and now all they want
is to see you get split

You loved to say
I would never leave
that I needed you more
than you needed anybody
on this cold blue wreck of a rock

You treated my patience like a leash
jerked it hard
whenever I dared to talk

Now that cord
is around both our throats
and it tightens
every time you try to run

You taught me
how to go down quietly
now watch the reckoning rise
with a loaded tongue

You thought I would fall alone
sink without a sound
you forgot who held the secrets
buried under this ground

I have recordings
messages
photos
every dirty whisper you thought
would stay in my chest
like a vault built out of fear

I have faces
dates
amounts
all the little crimes you shrugged off
when the victims cried in my ear

You said “no one would believe you”
with that smug half-grin
like you held the world in your hand
and I was just junk on the floor

Now that same sentence cracks
when you realize
I am willing to blow up my own life
to kick down your door

This is scorched earth
no survivors
no safe little corner
where your legend sits untouched
by what you did

I light the fuse on my own future
while I kick dirt
off the coffin lid

You should have given me
something worth saving
some reason to keep your sins
tucked away

Instead you left me empty and armed
and now the whole town hears
what you had me hide
every day

You gambled on my silence
laid your future on that bet

House just burned down
debt collector
has you by the neck