if you think you're made of steel just remember:
the fire love brings is hot enough to melt even the strongest metal

his words hit me so hard he left me unconscious
but he still didn't care enough to stay

I guess that's where I went wrong
because who could have told me
that not seeing an end
and seeing a future
were two very
different
things

Don’t tell me sugar coated lies because
I want them to be just as bitter as the truth
when I swallow them

you might be too emotional or too complicated or too caring or too thoughtful,
but know
that you are never
too impossible to love
no matter who's asked

hanging around like picture frames in my mind but for some reason i only decided to paint pictures of you, reaching memories in file cabinets i can never seem to close, the key swallowed by my hardheadedness to never forget the good and the bad, confusing tears for what was with tears for what could be and somewhere in between finding myself in the what is, standing alone in that corridor in my head that i love to walk in when it's three am and i'm alone in my bed