i don't expect love back from you
but mine is here
if you need it

There were days
I remembered
To put my heart on my sleeve.

The other days
I hid it
So deep inside my body
I couldn’t find it for myself.

The terror of anyone finding
Me judging me
Seemed to linger in the air
I inhaled.

i asked you if you would still love me as a worm.
with the most hopeful of orbs in my eyes
and the hardest patter of my heart.
i asked if youd still love me as a worm.
and you only said
"i mean i guess"
smh

getting to know You
before getting to know me
because i do not know me
without knowing You