9/4/2016

My heart was broken for quite some time, but you never let me feel that way. If I cried, you said the flowers thanked me. If I got upset at myself again, you said that the fury of passion cannot be contained by man. If I cursed the stars, you said hush now, because once you die, you’ll return home. We all will. If I got really high, you would say just don’t do anything I wouldn’t do. Darling, I’ve been trying to love like you. If I cough up blood, you would say the broken needs an outlet. If I don’t know how to be happy, you would say, don’t worry, take your time. I’m not going anywhere without you. You’re stuck with me until the end of all time. If I want to die, you would say, darling, hush now. Look at how far you’ve come. If I did learn how to smile one day, I know that somewhere…