Please don't build a home my chest,
only to catch my heart on the barbs of your love
on your way out the door.
I know that nothing lasts forever,
but you are the closest thing to a forever
that has ever made a home in me.
The things I've loved
have all had their turn, they've all come and go
running amok in my brain
leaving tatters of themselves behind for me to
sweep under the rug, forgetting
about the time that I displayed my loves proudly on a shelf above
my headboard;
now I only notice them when I trip over my own feet, or
when I go deliberatly searching for memories to drudge up.
Please do not become another thing that I place on display only to
collect dust until you decide to take a piece of me away with you.
I do not want that.
Please, if you make a home here, be mindful
of the ghosts that inhabit this place
please tread lightly and do not disturb the sleeping figures
that haunt my head.
Be gentle in my home, but do not be afraid
to stay.
Please stay.
Mar 28, 2018
Mar 28, 2018 at 12:05 AM UTC
Please don't build a home my chest,
only to catch my heart on the barbs of your love
on your way out the door.
I know that nothing lasts forever,
but you are the closest thing to a forever
that has ever made a home in me.
The things I've loved
have all had their turn, they've all come and go
running amok in my brain
leaving tatters of themselves behind for me to
sweep under the rug, forgetting
about the time that I displayed my loves proudly on a shelf above
my headboard;
now I only notice them when I trip over my own feet, or
when I go deliberatly searching for memories to drudge up.
Please do not become another thing that I place on display only to
collect dust until you decide to take a piece of me away with you.
I do not want that.
Please, if you make a home here, be mindful
of the ghosts that inhabit this place
please tread lightly and do not disturb the sleeping figures
that haunt my head.
Be gentle in my home, but do not be afraid
to stay.
Please stay.