Once, I would have

Crawled over

Broken glass

For you

Once, I would have

Danced on hot coals

Just to know

You were mine

Now, I don't find you

So alluring and fine

Time altered more

Than your features

It distorts memories

Into scarey creatures

Resembling Jeckyl/Hyde

Not the person

I thought I knew

All the conceptions

That I drew

So many years ago

If I met you now

I wouldn't want to

Know you...

I prefer to remember

The man who wouldn't

Accept no for an answer

Who challenged fate

Left his hometown

Chose not to look back

Or accept the service

Of life's half-rate

Conveniences

Once, I would have

Braved broken bridges

Crossed to the other side

Just to be with you

But you smashed the past

You chose broken glass

I can't pick up the pieces

From your feet

As you dance

What you call pleasure

I call pain

It's a place I won't go

Again

Not with you.

Once, I would have

Crawled over

Broken glass...

But not anymore.