Naked

I did not realize I was so vulnerable until you showed me how to be naked

You told me I was worth loving, yet no love can be when secrets feed this lie

Letting go is not as simple as stopping our sweet kisses, not as easy as finding the time to make me feel worth your while

Bitterness is bittersweet and I hope these things do not cut me deeper than that happy dagger she left behind for me to hold in the emptiness of this

Shedding this skin is agony

Leaving this behind is never what I wanted