If you told me
to come to you
right now
I would drop
everything,
watch it shatter,
like glass,
and crawl
onto the broken pieces
to show you
how much
love hurts.

I took all the pieces
I could get from you
and made it look like love

I hid in shadows
until you summoned
my light
I became the sun

I put out fires you spewed
and cooled you down
with my tongue
I became a fire-eater

I made excuses for you
and smeared the writing
on the wall before
everyone woke up
I became a magician

I became everything and
everyone but myself.