Just a Boy Not a Man

Questions on my mind, echoing loud, running laps through my mind

Bang! Goes the gun, as the mind race begins…

Questions on my mind…

He ran like a boy when he should’ve been a man

Left my side when I needed him to understand

Holding back the words, calling it truths, colliding with sound, as voices grow louder. “Should I come now,” but it’s too late to her, choices made, “that’s your decision,”

The phone hangs up…

If he knew I was crying, why did he stay away?

Was it about pride, or did he just stray?

Could’ve been real, but he played the part

Faking his care, breaking my heart

Sometimes a lie isn’t a lie, it’s what you don’t say

A silence so loud, it pushes us away

I gave him my time, he couldn’t give me his

Left me to storm, rain, raindrops falling from my eyes.

He couldn’t face the storm inside he created so he resigned

Running from the problems, leaving love behind

Was he just scared, or too lost to see?

A boy in a man’s world, running from my plea.

If he knew I was crying, why did he stay away?

Was it about pride, or did he just stray?

Could’ve been real, but he played the part

Faking his care, breaking my heart

Sometimes a lie isn’t a lie, it’s what you don’t say

A silence so loud, it pushes us away

I gave him my time, he couldn’t give me his

Left me to storm, rain, raindrops falling from my eyes.

Waiting for a change, that never came

Words left unspoken, only clouds remain

Can’t hold on when love’s slipping fast

Learning to forgive the past, but not forget.

He ran like a boy, when he should have been a man.

Look him in the eye as he turns away.

Turn his face towards you as he tries to pull away.

Regret on his face yet he made the wound first.

Twisting the knife, ripping what we had apart.

Standing tall, but so small

If he cared, he would’ve stayed

But love was just a game he played.