You were the bad habit
I never could drop

You were the good habit
I never could learn

You were the cure
I could never take

You were the wound
That never could heal

You were the dream
I could never quite finish

You were the nightmare
I could never quite shake

You were the soul
That I longed to love

You were the soul
That I needed to hate

You were the story
I ached to read

You were the story
That hurt to write

You were all of the things
That made me human

You were all of the things
That made me a monster

You were

But you never were

-February, 2014