when we see ourselves
as being here
to comfort others.

When you are silent,
You give me a blank.
And boy, do I fill it.
I fill it with all of my fears.
I fill it with assumptions.
I fill it with the pain of my past.

When you give me a blank,
I fill it with worst case scenarios.
I get that knot in my stomach that tells me you're gonna give up on me any time now.

When you give me a blank,
I break my own heart.
So please, just talk to me.

Let me take you out of your comfort zone and colour you in shades you never even knew existed.

I'm already in too deep
Crawl back into my hole
I've traced these walls so many times
I don't know
This is hell
This is home

An autumn 
sunbeam on
the edge of my
childhood bed,
curled up with my
softly purring cat
nestled by my side. 
Two unlike creatures,
brought together in warmth.