the closer you move
the more my heart shatters
breaking
little
by little
until it will be
nothing but ash
and dust

did i not learn this lesson before?
did this not happen last time?
i should stop looking for love
because it seems that there
is nothing to find

i opened up and
gave you my key
but you ******* up my heart
and left me to bleed

i love you
that's all there is to say
you stand by me
when i need it
and i will always do the same

you keep me sane
and when the darkness comes
i can think of you
and everything you've ever said to me
and how your hugs feel like home

i have trust issues
i'll be slow to open up
memories and feelings
held under lock and key
but i have faith
that you might crack my code
the enigmas that are my emotions
may be no problem for you to solve

love
is a fickle thing
something treasured by you and me
but i think it will thrive
when and if
cared for properly

Why is it
That I look in the mirror and want to change
Everything about myself
Is it just me?
Or is it society’s constructs that make me feel inadequate
Why are we taught that we should be so thin that so many girls starve to death
Why should we strive for a body that is simply unrealistic

Think for a minute
Wonder why so many girls have hauntingly low self esteem
Why everyone it there keeps trying diets and waist trainers and just plain starving
Why
Is skinny the end goal
Why
Do we see rib cages as beautiful instead of a sign
That something’s not right
Because something isn’t right
And we need to fix it
Before more people are cost