When you love someone…
truly love them, friend or lover,
you lay your heart open to them.
You give them a part of yourself
that you give to no one else,
and you let them inside a part
of you that only they can hurt
you literally hand them the razor
with a map of where to cut
deepest and most painfully on
your heart and soul.
And sometimes I just need to be alone;
so I can cry without being judged,
so I can think without being interrupted,
so I don’t bring anyone else down with me.