I figured out why I'm so upset. And yeah I'm going to be an emo sadgirl for a second. Don't pity me as I talk it out please.
I am the play toy. I'm the neutral territory the calm water that will always level out and stay by their side. My friends and lovers use me to figure themselves out and I am happy to be the one who helps them grow. They called me the void. The place where they can scream and be listened to - eating up all the sad and tearing it into nothing but stolid comfort.
But I'm not a void. I'm a deep pocket. I will take on your woes and let you use my space until it is time for you to move on. But I have a limit. Not many see me at capacity. Nor do they look as they throw their 'practice' into my heart.
Four men used me to see what it's like to have a thrill on the side of their relationships. Ask the steady woman to hold this extra 'love' and then return to their lovers. She won't say a thing - she's too still, kind-hearted, to reveal it all and hurt us.
You asked me for the first. First kiss with a woman. First time around the bases with the same sex. It won't change us? Right? I am steady. I'll be steady for you. To figure it out. My mind turns to an outlet - a kind man, a crush, a mutually fun time to forget. You kiss me on one side of the bed and fuck him on the other. I tell you I'm upset. You tell me I matter more than a maybe and I dream about our children while your hand is down his pants. "Can I have your blessing?"
I am steady, I remind myself now. I am very tired of being steady. Will you say sorry again? Will you become the boat and I the still waters you use to practice before heading out to sea? Will you comfort me when my deep pain rises to the surface to greet you? And will you ignore it once more when the calm waters return? Am I so shallow as to tell you not to pursue what you want?
No. You may pursue. Enter the fray. I'll see you safely there.
When you leave ill be sure to never let you see my depths again.
The taste of your lips will be another memory - the fifth. The ones I love. The ones who used me to better themselves. The ones who taught me to have enough self-respect to walk the fuck away.