I Returned

 

You threw me away

When I found new friends

So I cast them away

And returned faithfully to you

 

You discarded my friendship

When you were happy

You didn’t need a shoudler to cry on

So I wasn’t welcome

 

But when things went wrong

You called me back

You needed me again

I returned willingly to you

 

You made fun of me

When you were with the others

I didn’t say a word

Though I cried myself to sleep

 

But when they weren’t there

And we were on our own

You treated me like nothing

Had ever come between us

 

One day I snapped

Sick of being treated badly

Knowing I had other friends

Who wouldn’t be so cruel

 

You made me cry then

Like you have so many times before

But I was glad

To have finally stood up to you

 

But then the next time

That you were on your own

You called me back

Thinking nothing had changed

 

That time, I stayed away

I didn’t return

Like you thought I would

I didn’t return

Because I don’t need you anymore