Toxic friends

I was best friends with a girl who only cared about herself. I cant believe I stayed for so long. She always found a way to nit pick my insecurities and told me what I could or couldn't do. I was never enough. 5 years and I finnsly broke the ties between us. I'm finally free.

How can the same eyes that once looked with care 
Belong to the hands that held me down to drown, 
Pushed me underwater, filled my lungs with fear,

You always dimmed my every spark, 
Extinguished the light, left me in the dark. 
I never fathomed why I chose to stay
Was it just to hear your words of praise, 
Or to endure the hollow things you'd say? 

Your grip was tight, wrapping you hand around the rope
Each breath a battle, as you tied a noose around my throat
Yet one day, I hope, my spark will grow, 
To burn bright and fierce, and finally let you go.