Painting Poisoned Roses

You say you never meant to do me harm
But how can you imagine how I feel?
I’ve always tried to make it right
But when you left me cold at night
With nothing but the stars to help me heal
My heart, and solitude to keep me calm,
I wept and never slept and I
Painted poisoned roses in the dark.

The times you left me sad and all alone
Drove me into the bosom of the cold.
You never meant to be unkind
But still you drove me from my mind.
You left me without anyone to hold
My hand, when you had turned my heart to stone.
I tried but always cried and I
Painted poisoned roses in the dark.