I don’t want your ignorance

Brushing my thoughts aside

(I know you lied)

When you said you were listening

Thinking that I cried just for your attention

But I don’t want your attention

The attention you paid towards my hips

Instead of my lips

(But even then)

You spoke from predetermined scripts

Full of empty words

But I don’t want your words

The ones you shove down my throat

(Choking me with doubt and shame)

Like I was always a part of your blame game

But I don’t want to play your games

When you said you’d change

(I would have believed it)

If only it wasn’t for the cigarette smoke that rippled off of your breath

It caressed my skin

Whispering, “I will always win”

I was too ashamed to admit it before

But I was the lighter

You the cigarette core

I don’t want your secondhand smoke

No, not anymore

It’s time to end the cycle

To settle the game score

I’ll put the flame out

And for once

Fight for what I stand for