Heartbreaker

I've lived and loved and broken hearts

Shredded souls into torn little parts 

I've made promises I knew I couldn't keep 

Launching people's hopes into the deep

Knowing the truth in the vast emptiness 

Knowing the lie in each faded promise

My intent wasn't to bring such pain

But the road to Hell was paved the same

I've felt shame and hate and rage

Been the trapped bird shut in the cage

I've looked at myself and felt only spite

Giving up without so much as a fight

I've fought bloodied and bruised 

Been chewed up, beaten, and used 

Yet I do to others as I've had done to me

Asking for eyes but refusing to see