i have never been good with people.
their feelings disorient me,
the empathy i cannot feel
makes them scared.
but even if i can't feel
what you feel
or think the way you do,
even if i can't put myself in your place,
i know you're building a smile
stronger than the pressure
of all the promises i will never tell.
i don't hug you too strongly
because i know your pulse has
always been weak.
i don't say certain things
because they're meant to destroy
the most beautiful of things.
i don't say certain things
because they hurt.
i don't say certain things
because i don't know how to
mean i love you if it isn't writing,
i don't say certain things
because i can't handle them.
i have never been good with people
and probably never will,
but i do pride myself on some things
i've learned while living among them;
i know i love you,
and i know i'm better at writing
and people are better at reading me.
so please, read me.
don't let my words die.
don't let me write without a reason.
don't let me
become
the tragedy
i write about.
YOU ARE READING
the language of tragedies
Poetryevery love story starts somewhere, but as it meets its beginning it also meets its end. ©︎ blackhtorn
