I can't find words
To describe who I am,
Who I'm becoming.
I try to think deeply.
I stare at the mirror.
I don't recognize my reflection.
Physical things are not unfamiliar.
I know the curves of my face.
I know the downturn of my lips.
It's something much more,
Deep under the pores of my skin,
And the pounce of my troubled heart.
I question if I'm crazy.
I wonder if I dreamed everything
That ever happened between us.
Because from what I've noticed,
You seem to see me as a fading memory,
Or a used piece of flesh.
Do I scare you?
Do you and I together scare you?
What does it mean to be scared?
You say nothing's wrong.
Nothing must be something,
Because you look at me with blank eyes.
You speak to me as if you're a critic.
You judge my every word,
Every breath.
You tell me you will always care for me.
You tell me you will always fight for my happiness.
Make always now.
I love you.
You know that.
I question whether I love myself.
You know I wasn't ready for you.
I wasn't ready for you and me to be together,
But it happened anyway.
So here we are,
Both of us broken.
We are bent differently.
I am bent towards you.
I am leaning on you as a support to stand.
You are bent away from me.
You watch me fall.
I hit the ground.
Now my physical reflection is unrecognizable too.
I am covered in scars.
You carved them so deeply,
And now the whole world can see them taking over me.

