Sep 2014
Said boys are usually found in nightclubs, where they’ll grab your waist and whisper in your ear but six months later you’ll find yourself drunk texting them that you miss them and they won’t respond.
2. Said boys walk like fire and look like they’re burning, ashes trailing behind them and you, too, will be nothing but a burnt out shell when they’re done with you, honey.
3. Said boys draw patterns on the small of your back and when they have left, their touches will have sunken into your skin and left scars deep beneath it.
4. Said boys call you sweetheart, look at you like you hung the moon, smile at you like you’re everything, everything, everything—
5. Said boys claw out your heart with blunt fingers, plant seeds of insecurity in between your ribs, call you broken after they have crushed every bone in your body.
6. Said boys hand you drinks and see your acceptance as an open invitation to ruin you.
7. Said boys will always ruin you.
8. Said boys like short dresses in ruby red, like blood, like blood, like blood.
9. Said boys may act like they’re kissing your body but they’re looking for weak spots with their mouths.
10. Said boys know your mother raised you well, know you will not cry over a man when you’ve been through worse, know you are strong—
11. Said boys know your father gave you a pocket knife, know the ****** 101 he gave you when you turned thirteen.
12. Said boys will not follow you in their cars, will not corner you in an alleyway, will not walk too close behind you on the sidewalk.
13. Said boys will take you on dates and kiss you after the fourth, said boys will take it slow, said boys will text you good morning beautiful’s and call ******* making love.
14. Said boys will not look like their shoulders are too weak, or their voices too quiet.
15. Said boys will make sure no monster can enter your bed but them.
16. Said boys will make you thank them for it.
17. Said boys like it when you smile at them, like an open invitation to let them ruin you.
18. Said boys will always ruin you.
2. Said boys walk like fire and look like they’re burning, ashes trailing behind them and you, too, will be nothing but a burnt out shell when they’re done with you, honey.
3. Said boys draw patterns on the small of your back and when they have left, their touches will have sunken into your skin and left scars deep beneath it.
4. Said boys call you sweetheart, look at you like you hung the moon, smile at you like you’re everything, everything, everything—
5. Said boys claw out your heart with blunt fingers, plant seeds of insecurity in between your ribs, call you broken after they have crushed every bone in your body.
6. Said boys hand you drinks and see your acceptance as an open invitation to ruin you.
7. Said boys will always ruin you.
8. Said boys like short dresses in ruby red, like blood, like blood, like blood.
9. Said boys may act like they’re kissing your body but they’re looking for weak spots with their mouths.
10. Said boys know your mother raised you well, know you will not cry over a man when you’ve been through worse, know you are strong—
11. Said boys know your father gave you a pocket knife, know the ****** 101 he gave you when you turned thirteen.
12. Said boys will not follow you in their cars, will not corner you in an alleyway, will not walk too close behind you on the sidewalk.
13. Said boys will take you on dates and kiss you after the fourth, said boys will take it slow, said boys will text you good morning beautiful’s and call ******* making love.
14. Said boys will not look like their shoulders are too weak, or their voices too quiet.
15. Said boys will make sure no monster can enter your bed but them.
16. Said boys will make you thank them for it.
17. Said boys like it when you smile at them, like an open invitation to let them ruin you.
18. Said boys will always ruin you.
