I used to think
That there’s nothing
More painful,
More unbearable
Than losing
Someone you love
To someone else.
Turns out,
Losing yourself
to the person
You love
Is much much worse.

I’m sorry.

Staying angry
Keeps the birds
From flying,
The flowers
From blooming
And you
From returning home.

Pill poppin’
Mad drinkin’
Brain dead
Over eatin’
Skin slicin’
Lost reason-
Embarrassed
You had
To see it.

Don’t leave.
Stay the night with me.
In your arms is where
I’d rather be.
Make sweet tea.
Flip on a movie.
Talk to me.
Help me
Fall asleep.