A* is for *all the times you laughed at me
B is for all the ***** you threw
C is for never caring
D is for me drowning in my tears
E is for every word you said
F is for me faking a smile again and again
G is for never letting my guard down
H is for hating myself
I is for I want to die
J is for "don't take a joke so seriously"
K is for killing my skin
L is for her leaving me
M is for losing myself
N is "never again"
O is for me being "over-dramatic"
P is for picking up the pieces
Q is for quitting on myself
R is for regret
S is for suicide
T is for taking my own life
U is for the universe doesn't care
V is for me being a victim
W is for words can break me
X marks where my grave is
Y is for yearning for something better
Z is for the end of my story

our love is a fiction*
carved from my mind
and written in these*

tattered pages

©IGMS

the company you keep
can make you strong or make you weak
make you laugh or make you weep
the company you keep

deep against straightforward
tell me
how we would not collide
between the profound and the superficial
let's meet
in a place called compromise–
somewhere an edge forms from two sides
somewhere a promise can be found