The Result of Our Lies

I am a glutton for pain and punishment.
I finally had the nerve to walk away.
Yet, I always seem to come back.
You lied. I cried. What more is there really to say?
Somehow, it is never as easy as it seems.
After what seems like eons of deceit,
I walked away, and found something better and new.
But, I just can not let you leave.
I did not want to merge the old and the new.
I wanted my private avalon.
Now, like my self-respect, you want that, too.
There is no peace to be had with you.
No salvation without.