Empty Oaths

Your flagrant traitor’s tongue weaves webs of lies,
that my naivety does not detect
Aware that your compassion is a guise,
we have no relationship to protect
I fear staying here would be my demise 

Stop making promises that you can’t keep;
It only heightens my disappointment 
and we all know that talk really is cheap 

So now my family’s going downhill
despite this being clear, she won’t relent 
This never ending cycle makes me ill 

Although everything seems alright today, 
there will be more lies she tries to instill 
and even when she says she’ll leave, she’ll stay.