leech

 

you have to rip your soul a few times

before you fully fathom the meaning of why I loved you

 

the memories of you did nothing but stick to me like barnacles to a sunken ship

think of the world that surrounds your delicate face

are you only recognizing the things you want to see

or the complete opposite?

 

stop crying about it all, get up off of everything that's holding you down

go face the fears that put you on your back to begin with

 

stop letting yourself become a lost soul

you are wanted

you are much more beautiful than that

you are meant to take up space

 

with ever rock of earth we walk on, I loved you

with every grain of sand, I loved you

with every flashing glimpse of you, I loved you

 

I saw behind your hazel eyes of doubt

and long eyelashes that were full of progressing pain

and the pain you refused to let go of

 

but that was okay

some part of me loved your captivity

and the way you held onto every last drop of hurt you've endured

 

but I was comfortable

very comfortable

knowing the small fact;

that I was not the one hurting you