Rumours

He said she was this

She said he did that

He said he did this

And she said she believed that

They said they both were this

But really they felt that

He was suffering, being this

Something she labeled him “that”

And the others heard what others heard but everyone lied so they wouldn’t be

Something they claimed he was

So she cries for her and in fact him

She started the fire that burns the brightest

It was his flame they extinguished

With their lies abundant

And the world comes crashing down