Thursday, January 30, 2020

Armed / Disarmed -- 30 January 2020


You gave me the best writing advice
That I’ve ever received, but now
I’m too afraid to say the words
“I love you”
Not because I’m afraid you
Won’t say them back
But rather that someday
You might turn and use them against me,
Weaponize the truth
And in one last fit of desperation
You’d turn to me and
“Make the last line hurt”

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