with all the money i give you
you think you'd give me a little credit

you owe me a good time

endless roads that end at
"i don't want to be here"

relentless impatience
accented by heavy silence

the rats that eat our dinner scraps
appreciate me more than you do

thick and thin flaws are showing up
uninvited at the in-laws

clean skin doesn't cover up
the stench of disappointment

what do you know about balance?
you can't even stand on your own two feet
without a hand out

you're quick to dismiss
but quicker to spell out what you expect

under a blue moon
on a hot fateful night
you give me the privilege
not the right
that i will pay dearly for very soon
like a baby fed by a silver spoon
even though it was less out of love
than spite

you drain your allowance dry
like it's none of my business
like it's your only business

and wear your jewelry
like trophies of your conquest

you don't wait
you don't give
you don't sweat

you don't pray
you don't write
you don't sing

you don't budge
you don't change
you don't try

you don't spare
you don't save
you don't lose

you don't make me love you
you don't feel the need to