🌊Solace
TOLD
Nanda Regine
You told me I was beautifulWhen I was locked within my confinements of insecuritiesBut the river of your speech never correlated with your actionsAn intention to break me... EntirelyYou told me I was strongA warrior when I conquered wars of my mindBut you alone were an opposition undefeatedCold, heartless and furiously out of lineBitter nights that you held me within the furnace of your embraceGo by leaving its fading trail into the distanceHoping to be forgotten and replacedI cringe at the force of failureTo pull me up and be more of a slave than I already wasBut I am broken puppetThe strings to control me have retired in defeat it couldn't endureNo freedom will ever greet me with open armsBecause I neglected it the moment I chose youI chose you because I thought you were the way and I stayedBut you were a false compass leading me to dark venturesAnd you watched... Un-phasedThere is no hope left to be servedJust a huge daily feast of regret and despairBut every dose became my drug and that made him unnervedBut still his tales proceeded and he repeated...You are beautifulYou are strong
— Nanda Regine
From “Inside Her Roses”