selfish

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"why do you love me?"
he asked.
shock made its way
all over my face.
here I thought
I was the only one
who that question
would eat alive at night,
plaguing my thoughts.

yet here he stands
asking me that same very question
that i myself am keenly familiar with.
so much pain and devastation
written all over his face.
how could i have been
so selfish
to not see that he
was struggling with the same
demons of insecurity
that had once
stripped me of my joy?

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