i am sick and tired of people
trying to get to know me,
trying to figure me out,
trying to show me i'm better than i believe,
that i'm nicer than i make out to be
i'm not
you can't romanticize me
into being some kind of anti-hero,
into being some kind of lost soul who
just needs saving
or a hug
no, no hugs
please no hugging
i'll break your arms
physical contact? i can only accept that from a
limited few, on rare occasions.
it sickens me.
some people are imperfect and flawed,
irrecoverable,
and they own it.
sometimes you just have to accept
that some people are pieces of ****
and they like it that way.
i like keeping you all at arm's length,
at the very least
who'd ever want to let down their defenses
in front of
strangers
with grenades disguised as encouraging words
and guns disguised as empathy,
or sympathy...
i won't let your petty, loving instincts penetrate my armour
**** off
just let me be my own villain,
and you can learn to hate me
as much as i do and don't hate myself
Jul 19, 2016
Jul 19, 2016 at 8:38 PM UTC
i am sick and tired of people
trying to get to know me,
trying to figure me out,
trying to show me i'm better than i believe,
that i'm nicer than i make out to be
i'm not
you can't romanticize me
into being some kind of anti-hero,
into being some kind of lost soul who
just needs saving
or a hug
no, no hugs
please no hugging
i'll break your arms
physical contact? i can only accept that from a
limited few, on rare occasions.
it sickens me.
some people are imperfect and flawed,
irrecoverable,
and they own it.
sometimes you just have to accept
that some people are pieces of ****
and they like it that way.
i like keeping you all at arm's length,
at the very least
who'd ever want to let down their defenses
in front of
strangers
with grenades disguised as encouraging words
and guns disguised as empathy,
or sympathy...
i won't let your petty, loving instincts penetrate my armour
**** off
just let me be my own villain,
and you can learn to hate me
as much as i do and don't hate myself
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