You don't want to need me because you can't
you're afraid
people have left
because you made them before it could hurt
and it's all you've known
hurt and isolation
Here's the thing
I cannot love you until you swing yourself
wide open
to be hurt once more
when you're closed and you push away
it terrifies me
because I don't want to get hurt either
I'd like to be able to teach you
but I'm still learning too

I want to see myself reflected in your eyes
I could write about you forever
You're endless

Maybe if I was better at telling stories
I'd understand ours more
I wonder what version of it you tell your friends

Please know that despite the silence
I haven't forgotten anything
It's a dangerous territory
Remembering
Playing out things in your head
Specific part brighter than others
Acting out conversations
that never happened

11/23/2012

Posted on 11/27/2012
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