I am not hard to love.
I am not unreasonable,
and I don’t distribute headaches, like candy,
when I wish to express my emotions.
I simply express.
I am allowed to voice
my thoughts,
my opinions.
If it is a concept you cannot grasp,
take the problem off my back,
and dig deep within yourself.

Harsh stabs in my throat.
I let them slice through.
Your words cut me sometimes,
but I let them go for you.

I wonder why I always tiptoe,
why I swallow my tongue,
like I swallow food.
Why I abandon myself,
to enjoy the pleasures of you.

I used to be able to hold the tides.
They bent to my will,
with such ease.
Now, they pull me under.
Deep down, I always knew -
water would betray me.