Tough Love from Mercy's Victim by Eric Tyler

Tough love
rejects you, infects you
suddenly you're not the person
you're used to, used to

Tough love
skin's pale, but on sale
for anybody out there listening
to your sad tale, sad tale

Lonesome
like gravestones, cold bones
neglected like a farm in a field
with no one home, one home

Here you are
staying silent, quiet
standing in the corner of a room
wondering why you went, went

Tough love
Thrills you, kills you
It never ends like the fairy tales
Everyone tries to sell you

Tough love
You're sickened, and stricken
With afflictions that will linger just like
words unwritten

Empty
Like dead trees, parties
With pumpkins carved for candles in the moonlight
In the fall breeze

Here you are
Saying goodnight, for the last time
handing me mementos that are stained
With our past life

• Folk
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