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Closed off and private

I can't let you in again

Or you might hurt me again

I know you don't mean to

But you do

Like a mother hen guarding her eggs

I'll protect my emotions and thoughts

Protect them from your prying eyes

And sweet words

I know how addictive your poison is

How sweet your venom is

Things I can't have being so damn attractive

I don't want it

At least

I think I don't want it

Your soft words like therapy

Your kind thoughts like a good song

Your sweet gestures like the love I never had

You, someone I could never get over

Someone I could never love

Someone I could never hate

Someone I could never forget

Inconsistency is key

And boundaries are a must


Sometimes I wonder what it's like to not know you

Then I realize I don't want to know

I guess I like you just enough

That I can't make up my mind

About what a healthy dose of you looks like

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