I don't know a great many things
I can't string a bow
Nor can I fly a plane
I don't know how to play Chess
Or how to bake a good cake
I don't know how to express
How I feel
Or why I feel the things I do
I don't know how to love myself
Or give myself the grace
I so readily hand out like candy
I never had good examples
For taking care of yourself
For finding the limits
Of how much you can give
Before you have only pieces of yourself left
And still I give it away
Desperate for someone to turn
And see me
Hold me
Love me
But I don't know how to do that, either
Love someone
Without imploding on myself
Ruining it all
I don't know how to treat
Another person so tenderly
I can always learn
But how?
With no one to teach me
I simply don't know
Nov 21, 2024
Nov 21, 2024 at 6:36 PM UTC
I don't know a great many things
I can't string a bow
Nor can I fly a plane
I don't know how to play Chess
Or how to bake a good cake
I don't know how to express
How I feel
Or why I feel the things I do
I don't know how to love myself
Or give myself the grace
I so readily hand out like candy
I never had good examples
For taking care of yourself
For finding the limits
Of how much you can give
Before you have only pieces of yourself left
And still I give it away
Desperate for someone to turn
And see me
Hold me
Love me
But I don't know how to do that, either
Love someone
Without imploding on myself
Ruining it all
I don't know how to treat
Another person so tenderly
I can always learn
But how?
With no one to teach me
I simply don't know
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