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Madison Feb 2019
All I wanted was a break from caring,
But it seems I've gone numb.
Madison Feb 2019
If someone put in as much effort in
to a relationship with me,
As I do for them,
How different would I be?
Madison Feb 2019
If I don't let you in,
You can't leave.
Madison Feb 2019
I'm not afraid of commitment.
I'm afraid of giving up control.
Of letting another person in.
Who can just walk back out.
Madison Feb 2019
Every one has barbed wire.
It pulls away but you only grip it tighter.
It cuts into your hands.
But you refuse to let it go.
No matter the pain.
No matter the cost.
Comment your barbed wire. Mine is not being alone
Madison Feb 2019
What are you so afraid of?
...
That you'll leave me like the last person who said that...
Madison Feb 2019
I'm here.
I'm visible.
But I am disconnected.
I'm too afraid to shatter the walls.
As long as I stay in here no one
can hurt me.
I'm not quite happy,
I'm not quite sad.
But I am safe
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