Conceitful Smiles

 

The morning sun stopped scaring me one time

I had seen it all before, sunrises that doomed us

I should have walked where others stood

But I fell where others thrived

Maybe I was to blame, maybe I wasn’t to blame

But dawn never promised me anything anymore

I was done with hoping, while all I wished for broke me

I should have run that first time, but I took it in

I took it all in, the beauty, the grace, and the promises

I should have walked where others stood

But instead, I fell where others thrived

I found myself in the arms of a conceitful soul

I swear I saw ingenuity in her stare

But the promise in her eyes failed to match her heart

Sunsets promised more, I found solace in what broke me

Sunsets promised more, I settled for endings