you//him

reach for the stars

you said

but your actions

did not match your

words, instead

you held me down

at the dirt of the

earth, kicking it

in my face as

i lay on the floor

and you called it

“tough love”.

only it wasnt tough

love at all, but i

was too blind to

see it. it was manipulation

and envy and panic

all that i might actually

reach my goals, my

dreams, before you had

the chance to do so for

yourself. and you made me

feel bad about it.

reach for the stars

he tells me

and he means it.

he uplifts me when i

fail at first and praises

me when i finally succeed.

with him, we are in the

clouds, and we call it home.

we are halfway to the stars

now, and if i fall, he

will catch me.