Places Left Unfinished At The Time Of Creation

slapstick consensual sports violence humor (violence jokes I like)

From the BJJ instructor files

poshmark listings from Baddi's closet

all the way

to the end. I fear that

once again

love made me

how long

did it take before

songs weren’t about

we were codependent

because when I think of the way you look when you’re hurt

When I think about your face when you realized our world was crumbling

I felt you in the core of me, I felt crushed, I felt like

I’d do anything to spare you pain It kills me when you’re hurting; I think back to those days and my heart stops when I realize how you must have felt when I was cruel

and stupid. Jamming a knife into what we built.

Disrespecting a love story neither of us was brave enough to write down, to make real.

I never wanted you to hurt.

I wish we could have found the words before we left them behind.

I wish we’d been