09/06/2025
Spoken Word: “The Mess You Left”
By Lust In Love Productions
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[Intro – soft, reflective tone]
Most men say they want peace...
But they bring chaos like it’s oxygen.
They say they’re tired of drama —
but forget they’re the ones who set the fire,
then blame the smoke on the woman holding the matchbook
they handed her.
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[Verse 1 – steady rhythm]
Most men are at fault.
Let’s just say it.
They plant seeds in women
and then vanish when it’s time to water what they made.
They leave her with the crying child,
the empty crib,
the overdue rent —
then call themselves “peaceful”
'cause they didn’t yell when they walked out.
They think doing the bare minimum
is the golden ticket to her love.
“Hey, I showed up once this month.”
“Hey, I’m not like those other guys.”
But showing up when it’s easy
ain’t the same as staying when it’s hard.
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[Verse 2 – growing intensity]
She picked up the mess you made.
She cried at 3 a.m.
She worked overtime with tired feet,
pushed through heartbreak just to keep the lights on,
fed your child the food you didn’t pay for —
and still held her head high in the school line.
She became mother and father.
She became warrior and healer.
She sacrificed dreams
while you played freedom like a game.
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[Bridge – slow, heartfelt pause]
And yes...
sometimes it’s the woman who walks away.
Sometimes the one who gave birth
forgets what she birthed.
Sometimes the “deadbeat” wears heels and lipstick.
But even then —
the chaos still began with a man
who broke a promise before he even kept one.
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[Final verse – empowering and firm]
This isn’t about blaming.
It’s about truth.
About the women who stay standing
while the men run off talking about peace
when all they ever did
was start the war.
To the women holding it down alone —
you are the calm after the storm.
You are the grace, the power, the soft hands
holding up a world that should’ve never fallen on you.
You don’t just survive —
You rebuild.
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[Outro – quiet, proud finish]
So next time a man says,
“I just want peace” —
Tell him peace ain’t silence.
Peace is presence.
Peace is protection.
Peace is doing the work...
not walking away from it.
