Why is it so hard?

Whenever we’re together

I don’t know what to say or do

We’re the best of friends

But all I seem to do is hide

I can’t get close to you

Unlike those days when we were young

So many things have happened

And we both have suffered similar fates

But I still hold back

Do you hold back from me too?

Have we both been scared so much?

Is our trust in each other really so frail?

We fight and hurt each other

But we’re still together

So why can’t we open up?

Why can we never say what we feel?

I want to tell you about my temptation

I want you to tell me about the world’s cruelties

But is it safe for us to speak such things

We both cry for the same things

Love and for the pain to end

Are we afraid we might judge?

I just want to tell you

Every thing we feel is so similar

But I’m scared

And I’m sure you’re holding back too

But I won’t force you to speak

I love you too much to do such a thing

We’re so close but so far apart

We love each other as if we were kin

But we both hide our secrets in the murky shadows

I think I now understand

It’s not that we have lost faith in each other

It’s because we have lost faith in our bond

We have grown up

And now we can see

That the bonds that tie friends and loved ones together

Are more fragile than glass

Beautiful, but so easily broken