one: i love the sun and light and the smell of dewy grass. i've lost my taste for the dark. two: my love for the darkness has turned into but a simple appreciation for i cannot love something where i know monsters lurk. three: you are one of those lurking monsters. four: i'd rather get high than hear you speak. the burn of the smoke as it chases and then caresses my lungs and the heavy exhale that follows is the only conversation i need because drug consumption is more important to me than my life being consumed by you. five: i love myself now. six: i do not need danger like i did when i was a juvenile. danger is an art i have never perfected. seven: you never loved me. eight: i learned long ago that the purple tulips you planted under my skin were not your way of saying i love you but they were instead your way of proving your dominance. nine: i do not like being dominated. five: i love myself now. five: i love myself now. five: i love myself now. seven: you never loved me. ten: you lurk in the shadows in my room. even though i do not want to be with you now you stay with me but that's not any different considering you never cared what i wanted. five: i love myself now.