And it is only in the darkness
that the stars begin to burn.

She said that she forgave him

She lied to save him from himself

because the truth was that she couldn't forgive him.

Not after what he'd put her through.

Sorry
That I loved you too much.
I must have been such a bore.
I must have been too clingy.
I'm sure you hated the way
I said that I loved you
with too much desperation
In my eyes
The way I kissed you
must have annoyed you so much.
My lips were always chapped.
I bite them so often.
It must have irritated you when I hugged you.
I must have held on too tight,
like I didn't want to lose you to the wind.
I didn't.
And I-
nevermind.
I'm so sorry.

I knew that the zipper over my mouth was the safety pin in the grenade,
but I pulled that out when I said, in so many minced words,
"I love you."

And I guess we were never anything more than star-crossed kids
that never truly learned how to love.

So many beautiful words
And no one to say them to