For a time she is the woman he wants her to be
Free and open during a laugh-filled lunch at last
As she lets herself lapse into another’s toxicity
He waits a while to see if their us would become a we
While unknowingly, she’d leapt back into the net another cast
For a time she is the woman he wants her to be
He wrote her off when she turned too invisible to see
She descended the rock-carved stairs into the dungeon of her past
As she lets herself lapse into another’s toxicity
Until in a brave moment, she turned her heart to a new “It’s me.”
He doted on her with his longing love so very vast
For a time she is the woman he wants her to be
It scares her to be cared for, so back to him a final flee
He thinks, as hopes erode, his love for her is left aghast
As she lets herself lapse into another’s toxicity
He can’t help her find the locks for which she doesn’t have the key
In his fantasy, their future as a family develops fast
For a time she is the woman he wants her to be
As she lets herself lapse into another’s toxicity.