for the record

so leave, because you can and I
I don't need lies to lasso you with.
Go because you can. I will go nowhere.
Neither will I reach after you,
inveigle you back. Go
because you can.
I said what i did to make
an even battleground
so now we operate under no handicaps
and I will show you no mercy
because you have shown me none
and because mercy in me is a form
of willful blindness.
so go because you can and
because I cannot stop you,
Which is to say that the
weapons in my arsenal are too cruel.
I refuse to lie or flirt my way back,
and guilt is entirely too blunt and
unpredictable.
Go because you can and
because -see?-
I have released hold on you
(only because you forced me to.)
go because you can, and
stay if you insist.
i am going nowhere.