You found me
Lying in a corner
Cold and crying
Love etched into my arms

You found me
Broken on the inside
Scared and Scarred
My soul corrupted

You found me
At rock bottom
Waiting for that bus to come
Even though I knew
Whenever I  got close
The bus will drive away

You found me
And you were the glove
I inflated
To float out of rock bottom
And back to my home
Back to the normality
I craved

I found you
When you had stopped caring
For those around you
When you had given up

I found you
When you had become indifferent
Stoic and cold
Hate written on your forehead
With invisible ink that everyone could see

You shouldn’t have cared
When you saw me lying in that alley
You should have kept on walking
Because you shouldn’t have cared
But something in my sick smile
Of pain and sadness
Made your heart twitch
And caused you to walk into
The darkness
And pull me towards the light
You shouldn’t have cared
When you saw the scars
On my arms and chest
But something about me, you said
Made you human again

You found me
Crying in an alley
Ready to die
I found you
Walking around on the street
In a husk of who you used to be
Yet through
Our mutual sadness
Happiness grew

How do I forget
these things
when they keep me up at night,
tossing and turning,
torturing me in the silence.
How do I forget
something that hurt me so deeply,
that ached in my bones,
and created an empty void in my being.
How do I forget
these repeated “mistakes”
that pump anger in my veins
and create doubt in my mind.
How do I forget
about all the girls
that probably still remember you,
have your pictures still,
have a part of me that doesn’t belong to them.
How do I forget all of this
and move on
so I can sleep peacefully at night
and not worry about betrayal
and the loss of the one I love
and would have given everything to
If only he asked.