Music Prompt #26: “Terrible Things” by April Smith and the Great Picture Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg9-I0ULERA

 

It wasn’t the terrible things I did

Or was it?

It wasn’t the terrible things I said

Or was it?

But you slipped away in the dead of night

Another in a long line of escapees

Fleeing the safety of anywhere but here.

We did eat well, too well I heard you say

We never held back spending a dollar

We splurged at every opportunity

But still you said such terrible things.

I was mean, inconsiderate

Self centred, oh how you loved that word

I started to believe it once.

Then thought what a cow you were

Not loving me as I am

Faults and flaws all listed

No fine print to mull over.

An imperfect man defective in many ways

But made to order just for you.

You selected me, a random pick you said

From oh so many suitors

Who came so rarely to your door.

But I was easy pickings,

Gullible, vain, bordering on the pathetic

Like a puppy I panted at your side

Agreeing to anything.

You manipulated me

Punished me for being me

So in the end it was a terrible thing

You slipped, you slided,

You disappeared, a long way down

And I was left with a terrible memory

Wiped clean by fate itself

Or so I’m told.

 

Written for: https://mindlovemiserysmenagerie.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/music-prompt-26-terrible-things-by-april-smith-and-the-great-picture-show/

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13 Responses to Music Prompt #26: “Terrible Things” by April Smith and the Great Picture Show

  1. oh, that was really terrible! good write, Michael 🙂

  2. Blogger's avatar Mandy says:

    That was sad. I hope she didn’t trip down the stairs on the way out…😬

  3. Sanaa Rizvi's avatar Sanaa Rizvi says:

    Such a heart wrenching write.. still mulling over the words 🙂

  4. RoSy's avatar RoSy says:

    Don’t let the door…

  5. Good writing, a bit on the dark side this week.

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