En Guard

While there was nothing really here for me

There was nothing I wanted to leave behind

But you forced my hand.

I didn’t even look back

To see if I cut you, because

While there was really nothing there for me,

There was nothing I wanted to leave behind.

But you forced my hand.

I was too scared to look back

And see if you were bleeding.

There was nothing there for me now

And while I didn’t want to leave you,

You forced my hand.

And I decided not to look back

To see if you needed me

You wouldn’t have asked and

While I didn’t want to leave you behind

You cut me first.

It would be betrayal to my scars

To look back

And see if you had scratches.