and i've got chapped lips
which hold you between them
while I light you up
I see the good in everything
while I see the worst in myself
I preen and groom you
to make you everything that I wish you were
the inward breaths are okay
it's out which makes my skin crawl
I pick at my skin until it stops filling with goosebumps
without you the days pass while I wish them away
and with you I wish the days away until I can breathe again
I want to kick you, want to kick the habit
but I want you to always know that I was the one who could love you.