Month: February 2019

There’s a leak
In the ironclad
That is my demeanor
And I fear
My mind cannot
Abandon ship in time
And will drown
In the storm of emotions
I find myself adrift in

I wished
You didn’t
Like me
Like that

Can’t fight
This jellyfish
Feeling
No matter
How hard
I try to
Stand up

I wish I was
More than
This

I may be trustworthy enough
To learn all your secrets
But you’ll never let me inside
The perimeter of your heart
Because I’m cleared
For official use only

I’m tired of
Doing all
The talking

Don’t want to be
The reason holding you back
But the reason
Pushing you forward

You’re more than a face
But I know that if
I stay in your presence too long
I’ll end up like everybody else–
Stuck on what you look like
And content to be statues
Believing that you can do no wrong

You deserve
To make things
Happen for yourself
Not for things
To happen to you

You give yourself
To everyone else
Until there is
No one left for me