Teach Me, My Love

Teach me how to walk

and pretend not to care,

how to go through your day,

not imagine me there,

how to throw me away,

shove me there in your past,

hide me under some lie

if indeed someone asks.

Teach me how to forget

all those kisses we shared,

how to drive to your right

instead of your left,

how to shut down your heart

and pretend not to hear,

when I whisper your name

every night in your ear.

Teach me how to be cruel,

how to hurt and bring tears

to the one that you love,

to the one that you fear.

Teach me how to feel nothing,

how to make truth untrue,

teach me my love, teach me,

teach me how to be you.