Book of Poetry

People Always Care and Leave

You come walking up.

My heart beats faster.

You look into my eyes.

I quickly look away.

"What's wrong?"

Um.

I don't know what to do.

I think I love you.

"Nothing. I'm fine."

Um.

I'm not.

My mind is racing.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course."

I can't look into you're eyes.

They are hypnotising.

I talk to you less and less.

I can't let this happen. Again.

People always care and leave.

So, as long as no one cares, no one leaves...

Right?

I convince myself that we aren't friends.

I don't know you.

Oh. But I do.

I know you very well.

I just can't get too close,

Too close for comfort,

That's just far too dangerous.

You finally tell me the truth.

The other girls are better.

I knew it.

That's how it always is.

Right?

This was the first thing you've said that I believed.

It was the only thing that made sense in my mind.

Now that you've told the truth.

I felt like I could trust you.

Even though I still think I love you,

And you broke my heart.

But I finally believed your words.

I trusted all of the words you said.

I almost opened up to you.

Bur luckily I didn't.

Now you say that you love me.

How can I believe this

You had talked about the other girls,

The other girls actually made sense.

Right?

Um

I mean...

How can you love me?

You don't even know the real me.

No one does.

You may think you do,

But it's not true.

You come up to me.

Our hearts beat faster.

They beat as one.

But I can't believe it.

I just can't do this.

I don't know what to do.

I think I love you.

My mind is racing.