And I don't dream about you anymore, But I still get scared when someone pretends to hit me, And I can still feel that empty ache in my chest In the middle of the night. And I talked ad nauseum about the things you did to me, But only once about losing you. How do I explain the secret beautiful parts Of the boy with the scars? How do I explain the difference between The boy with the lovely words and utopian dreams And the one who put my head through the drywall? How the pain of having you Will never come close To the exquisite agony of knowing I will never see you again? I loved you, at least a little bit, And that matters, Too.