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A Little Bit of Soap
Copyright, Anonymous
Scrubbing in my shower I try to cleanse myself of you.
I try to forget everything, pretending it wasn't true.
Well, I guess it isn't working so far,
I know because I used the whole soap bar.
It couldn't wipe away my foul mouth
or any of the stupid words that managed to come out.
It couldn't wash away the hope I had in us,
but neither can it wash away broken trust.
This pain is so deep I can't understand,
why it can't fade with the rubbing of my hand.
You held me so close and pushed me away so hard,
Now I try impatiently to scrap away the scars.
Guess you'll always be there, a birthmark on my life,
I could never remove you, and it grows deeper with a knife.
My tears are mingling with the bubbles and their residue,
still trying to pretend, but all I see is you.