You never protected me with any of this,
Even though you told me that was
the most important thing to you.
How can I tell you that
All of this is a result of what you have done?
I don’t want to blame you,
I do not.
But dear.. You have to understand,
I don’t want to be sad.

On the nights I stayed up crying,
I almost forgot about you while gasping for air
In between tears of hopelessness
And whenever I tried to forget
You broke down the damn door.

Do not touch me,
Do not look at me-
I am venomous and deadly-
I guess it’s only a protective mechanism I developed
After what you did to me.

I don’t want to blame you.
I do not.
You have to understand.
It was no fault of your own, indeed,
But you told me with such ease
“I will end up with someone else,”
And I still haven’t picked up all of my pieces.

You can keep me warm during the winter, dear
You have such delightful skin-
And when it gets too hot to
Keep you close during the summer
We can always just step out and
Walk until the sky turns magenta.

(My wish is that this passes-
My wish is that I do not drown.)