afraid

I really don't want to depend on you
I don't want to fall in love with you
I don't want to go there
to the darkness that I know so well
enough to make myself afraid
of the shadows of the night
of you saying hello 
of you saying goodbye...

Jessica
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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