Hold onto mine.

I’m too hurt to ever be friends

too tired to smile anymore

back then

I could stare into your eyes

til tears corrupted my soul

I can only catch your eye in the hall

it pinches my heart

so I drop your gaze

I cut myself open for you

back then

showed what really went on

beneath my skin

time took you too fast

just out my grasp

I’m too tired to ever be friends

slashed my ribs

to give you everything

all that’s left are the secrets exchanged

on nights that we hung our words in the air

to dry the soggy phrases

that climbed out

our

passion clenched chests

but you slipped away

I close my eyes and gaze into yours

once more

swim amongst memories that steal my breath

I’m drowning in this bittersweet time

I’ll still hold your secrets

in the back of my mind

keep them safe

until you notice they’re gone

I hope you’ll

hold onto mine.