Values

I told you from the beginning where I stood,
You said that it was all good.
You had alot of the values that were the same,
But how times have changed, how things go untame.
With your words you speak your mind,
Yet with each word, questions I find.

You tell me that you love me,
That leaving me will never be.
You say that you care,
Everything you have to share.
Yet even with such sweet things you say,
You make it turn bitter with your actions everyday.

You build me up, and break me down
You hold me above, then let me fall to the ground.
I carried all your emotions and fixed you up nice,
But now I find in them things of their own device.
You want me to stay with you forever,
But a ring you'll give, never.

You want my body, mind, and life
But nothing more, nothing less, never to be your wife.
You want a future of living together,
You want us to go through stormy weather.
Yet, how the sweetness pales to what I saw,
Using each trait I have to make a flaw.

You hold my things I want with you above me,
And say through it all you love me.
You use everything to make a bigger scar,
Pushing to see if I'll go very far.
You rationalize that I would leave,
But emotions aren't easy, they can deceive.

You think that I would make my values take a back seat,
But with each thing you say I feel them heat.
You want your values to take on mine,
But, I just have to decline.
If you didn't want the same things, why are you with me?
If you just wanted someone to have, why can't you see?

That I will do anything just to keep you from being sad,
Then you twist me up, burn me up, and make me mad.
And someday, I don't know if I will be able to take it anymore
You can only make someone feel so much until they are rather sore.
If you want me to be with, realize what I can give
Because without my values, I'm not me, I cannot live.