YOU WERE THE CHURNING STORM
I WAS LOST AT SEA

I DON'T REMEMBER HOW TO FEEL LOVE
WITHOUT FEAR

Even your name tastes like sugar on my tongue, but I am not used to anything that does not hurt; familiar are the things that sting and bite.

BEING THE AIR IN MY LUNGS
IS NOT YOUR BURDEN TO BEAR

I am a vault of secrets, and you are the healing light
that will flush them all out. I have known since
I was very young that most things should be kept
up inside my head where they belong.

The night,
Like a panting black dog
Falling exhausted upon the day
Like his favorite old blanket.

EVERYONE LEAVES EVENTUALLY
SO I WILL HURT YOU BEFORE YOU HURT ME

I always knew that there was a fire inside of you but I was unprepared for the way that comfortable warmth could burn me, I never expected it to one day leave me with scars.

Please don’t leave me alone.
Please leave me alone.
Please just touch me, I need to be touched.
Please don’t touch me, I don’t want to be touched right now.

Sometimes

       All of this

           Sanity

   Just makes

            Me

       Go **Insane