knife, here's heart.

you changed
for what seems like a
f
l
a
s
h

and now
it's all back to the same old
smoke
and mirrors
and the way that you don't seem to remember
what i said
or she said
or what i'm doing
tomorrow.
and see, we liked the new you
better.
oh, we still loved
your soul
and the man who we know you are --
who we know you can be.
but we're dying
absolutely dying
inside
again
because the old you
the one that hurt us time
and time
again,
is back.
and well, we're not sure
we'd like to embrace him.