I am tired of cheaply patching my love void with superficial smiles and empty hugs, dry lovemaking that doesn’t even know what respect and admiration are.
How could I have known it wouldn’t kill me to dip my toes into that sea of pain in me if I couldn’t see the bottom? I didn’t know who I was without it or what I was here for, so I couldn’t possibly trust who you were, even though you demonstrated your integrity time after time, your kindness, ...