How is it fair

that you shake me, you break me

but you’re still around to plague me?

We had nothing but

in those moments, these moments

when I feel like nothing,

you’re all I have.

Fleeting memories, racing heartbeats.

Eye to eye

but never any closer;

A whisper in my ear, a light touch on my legs.

Palm to palm

but never any deeper.

You were supposed to be my exception but I guess you’re no better than the rule

Maybe rules weren’t meant to be broken.

But just because you’re broken doesn't give you the right to break me.

I want to say I’m stronger than this,

better than this

worth more than this.

Most days I believe it, I preach it,

but the truth is,

It’s easier to preach to a choir than to a empty room of bare walls.