YOU GLARE

WHILE PUSHING ME DOWN

UNTIL MY KNEES BUCKLE

BEFORE THE CEMENT BENEATH ME

the serenity fades

the beauty gone

and I’m left

sitting here

you call me selfish

but I would say

the same

to you

You call that love?

my spirits fall

far below

the ground

tears swell

and I hold them in

I fake my

well-rehearsed smile

that I’ve used

countless times

I WON’T LET YOU SEE

THAT I AM WEAK

BECAUSE IF YOU KNEW

YOU WOULD PUSH HARDER