5.

I don't want to hear the truth.

You heard me. I don't want
to know what you really
think of me.

I don't want to hear
the stinging words flying
from your spittle-laced tongue;
nor do I want to feel
the honesty of them.

So instead, lie to me.

Lie and tell me
I am worth it--
that I make you
a better person.

Lie and tell me
you want me to stay,
that you don't really
wish to never see my face
again.

Lie and reassure me
that what I did is okay--
that it didn't completely
unravel us;
that it never broke your
fine-China heart.

Hold me as we become
enfolded in the facade--
the promise--
of what can never be.

None of it would be true,
but it would keep me by your side.

So please, I beg of you,
forget your morals
your nobility
your honest upbringing
your conscience

and just...

lie to me.