I
haven't had a cup of tea since I was love sick
with the lemon drops of your scent and
the honey sweet memories of your laugh
during the brisk endeavours of autumn.

I
watched my cup fill to the rim
with steaming hot water and imagined it
burning away your residue;
I dipped the tea leaves twice,
then thrice,
as if to stain the walls an entirely different
colour than the amateur mosaic of
starry night you had painted for me before.

I
drank you up like it were my first gulp of liquid
since desert droughts had occupied my mind.
And with one last sigh after the last drop,
you were gone - no longer lingering
on the surface of my cup, nor the tips of my lips.
Thus, instantly opening my pores in relief
and brightening my eyes with contentment
because little did I know that while

you were the poison, you were somehow also the cure.

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Built a wall around my heart
Hoping it would protect what mattered most
But people are funny
Always crashing down things they shouldn't
Tearing down things they don't understand
Til you see that what lies behind that crumbled debris
Is the person I used to be

I'm falling to pieces
Nothing more than a shattered wineglass
Edges glittering around the room
We can pick up the pieces
But you can never undo what has been done

We live in a society that only wants perfection
But we're all flawed
It's only human

Love me for who I am
Not for what I can give you
Not for how I look on your arm
And maybe
Just *maybe
We'll be able to say we've found who we're supposed to be

Those walls don't have to stay up forever
So pick the pieces up off the ground
Life goes on
One step at a time, we'll make it through