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dance in the rain.

smile through the pain.

you name is on my tongue like skid

marks on a road. i call for you, knowing

that there will be no answer. like a star

without light, a bird without flight, you

crippled me. no forgetting you, you

made sure that I would always

remember you. if you came back, I

would be yours in an instant. if

you wanted me to. where did my

independence go? where is my free

spirit, my story without you? you are

fine, and I am not. I was strong, before

you. I was

free,

I was

strong,

I was

Alone.

When you came I was

Happy,

if just for a little while.

Was I a fool? For knowing that I would

crash and burn if I went to you, like a

moth to a flame. I was blinded by the

prospect of love, of not trying so hard.

I told myself that I could finally let my

walls down, the walls that took years to

make, that only got stronger with the

teasing, the tears, the trying. he didn't

care enough. he didn't know me like he

though he did. he didn't believe me that

I wasn't who he thought I was. he had

everything, and I always felt like

nothing.

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