I don't want to shatter

this illusion

but it's slowly becoming

one big delusion

I'd break my heart again

if I had any more to break

it's been so long

since you've brought me only pain

I had allowed you

to simply take and take

I'm putting a stop to this

though I know it's hard

and I know that I'll miss...

no, I won't play that part

I have my own life now

far away from what once was

there are some things

I won't allow

and you can grieve the loss

of what you'd thrown away

so you don't get to say

what I can or cannot do

because I don't care about you

perhaps that's sad

but it is true

I only wish

that you had been a better dad