No Point In Changing You

i do not want to have to ask you to hold my hand 
i do not want to have to voice my insecurities 
like glass shards rolling off a tongue 
or a blade lodged in my throat;
it isn’t easy, to say the least 

i don’t want to feel like i am perpetually the deer in headlights, 
feeling the danger but staying, 
regardless. 

you looked so harmless in the summer light
but the heat has long since died out 
and the light is anything but warm 

i do not want to have to ask you to hold my hand -
you wouldn’t do it, regardless.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2018

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Lindley Avatar
October 1, 2018 at 7:10 AM
You have captured and exposed one of the sadder realities that sometimes occurs in life and relationships.. Love the depth and keen insight so well written into this fine poetry my friend. A fav too.
Krutsinger Avatar
September 11, 2018 at 1:50 PM
This is all we need to know. It is enough.
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