Looking Beyond

Beyond your kind eyes and sincere smile Behind your soft caress and true heart You have the strength to torment me, To wear me down, and break me apart I know that with time your patience will end And at that time it will matter no more If I gave my heart and soul out to you It wouldn't matter what I'd have done before You wouldn't give me the time of day If I had enough strength to back down You wouldn't have waited for this all your life If I hadn't made you king or gave you a crown Without the promise I gave to you And without the way you had that charm I couldn't have guarenteed honesty I couldn't be sure you'd not have done me harm The truth is I am part of your plan The one you sent me to without volunteer Essentially, your trick to success It was almost impossible to perservere You had your advantages, there at school Where I gained smiles and was accepted But nobody knew what you'd have done to me The truth, no one would have ever expected Because your eyes were the essence of true Nobody could suggest you had told a lie And the only one who knew the bitter truth Was a meek and silent girl, it was I Undaunted by everything you had done Disgusted by the way you had grinned When I told you my fears, and opened my heart Only to have fallen into your wind I was blown over by your wrath Your open-hearted sun ceased to shine And it was from that very day I considered you slightly less then divine Of course, I'm now too weak to tell To notify the world of your sins Yesturday's done, you're gone from my sight, Gone from my mind as a new day begins...