i was warm soft gushy once
easily molded to fit everyone else’s desires
bent around the already occupied space
free and constricted at the same time
always room to change and grow

and then you came and smashed me
every time i tried to warm you up you
crushed me made me conform
squeezed the life out of me in your fist
straightening my back with every word you said
turning me cold empty strict on the inside and outside

now i am frozen and will be so forever
never to melt under anyone’s touch
always there always tense always
this is what happens when you love someone i say
when they will never love anyone not even themselves