Dead Month, Dead Me
I was raised in privilege and I attack myself for this, questioning my right to be anything but happy.
I was raised in privilege and I attack myself for this, questioning my right to be anything but happy.
My ears listened to what they wanted me to believe.
I’m terrified that you love me, or even more frightening, love me for real reasons.
Last night, we slept side by side with our hands reaching for each other, and today, I am leaving.
Those tears were tears of gratitude.
I had this idea in my head that you wouldn’t open up to anyone, and that for the first time in my life, I really needed to fight for someone instead of waiting for people to fight for me.
I would rather jump around and sweat my body to a Lady Gaga song. Yoga is so overrated.
It’s the year 2013, isn’t everyone kind of like a goldfish? When people go on tangents about how “A.D.D. is not a real thing”, I just shrug.
When we first broke up, I only remembered all the good stuff.
You write gushy letters and hold on to items that are only special to you. You two are in different worlds.