Villains and Saints

I need a minute
And I’ll be fine
I’ll get on like I always do
And you’ll become just another line in a poem
A lyric in a song I’m yet to write

I need a minute
And I’ll be fine
And all the things you said
that you thought would be my undoing
Will become just words
hidden away in the locked up box 
I never dare to open

I need a minute
And I’ll be fine
I’ll forget that you ever existed
And you’ll become just a shadow
Who might visit me in dreams
sometimes
But one I can push aside
and throw away
And forget upon waking

I need a minute
And I’ll be fine
And I’ll get on like I always do

I’ll tell myself it’s over
And convince myself, like I always do 
That it’s the truth

And you’ll become just a warning sign
Bright lights flashing
For the next time, in a wreckless minute
I happen to mistake
a villain
for a saint

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