Turning Out the Light by Kathleen Sullivan

I guess it's time though I've denied it

We made our bond, but you untied it

Though chasing shadows since the start

I never thought you'd break my heart

I loved you on the day we met

And hadn't finished doing it yet

You harshly said to me, I'm done

I waited for you to return

You're not here now, you never were

Someone else, is loving you somewhere

I gave you love I gave you time

But you were never to be mine

I must have fallen way too deep

For you're still with me when my sleep

My heart's been cut and bruised and battered

They say, it's only love that mattered

Come back and take away your trash

The things we built we made to last

Then go and leave me in abandon

Be with your substitute, companion

And spin your web tell tales anew

To fools who fall in love with you

They told me so, I must admit

That you just really can't commit

Now nothing's left, no one to blame

As I retake my father's name

They say it will be dark tonight            

But I am turning out the light

    Kathleen Sullivan is an intensive care registered nurse who writes to inspire and heal. Mother of two, grandmother of three, she has poetry, prose, articles, and short stories published online and in print format in professional journals, church magazines, and anthologies in the UK and USA. Born and raised in West Central Scotland, she now lives on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico, in the seaside town of Indian Rocks Beach, Florida. There is always laughter in her home courtesy of the many apps available for video calls with her family, who are dotted around the world.