untitled draft
the comfortable silence between us
is beginning to fill with
all the things we leave unsaid
because you're still afraid to be happy
& I really do want to give you time and space
but jealousy has settled uncomfortably
into my rib cage
& this just gets more complicated every day
I don't want to be the next person who hurts you
& I know I might be if I stay
& I know I will be if I turn my back on you
& walk away
because you won't understand
why I don't return your phone calls
won't know I can't be near you
because I'm afraid of the answer
to a question I refuse to ask
you'll probably never realize
that there even was a question.
i've wasted too many words in this life
to tell the kind of pretty lies I need
to convince myself that this is good enough for me.
I know that neither of us is really ready
& that there are no guarantees
but i would rather stumble through and make mistakes
than miss this chance
you see,
my heart has forgotten how to be patient.
just kiss me
and i promise
I will kiss you back.
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