You came in carrying coffee

Said

"You look tired

You okay?"

Learned the names of all my ghosts

One by one

You tucked them away

You laughed at all my bad jokes

Called my scars "a work of art"

Bit by bit

You mapped the fault lines

Running through my shaking heart

You only love me when I’m breaking

Hands on the cracks

Just rearranging

You get so close

You call it "care"

You want my soul

Not mine to share

You press your thumb into the bruise

To see how much of me you use

You say it’s love

I hear the drill

You only want me as a tool for your will

You study every flinch

Every flutter

Every silence on the line

Turn my secrets into levers

Say

"Relax

You’re safe

You’re mine"

You memorize my worst days

File them under "just in case"

Wrap your comfort like a ribbon

Around my wrists

Behind my face

You only love me when I’m breaking

Hands on the cracks

Just rearranging

You get so close

You call it "care"

You want my soul

Not mine to share

You press your thumb into the bruise

To see how much of me you use

You say it’s love

I hear the drill

You only want me as a tool for your will

You say

"Trust me"

While you test me

Every struggle

Turned to strategy

You say

"Need me"

While you bleed me

Every promise

Folded into currency (oh)

You only love me when I’m breaking

Hands on the cracks

Just rearranging

You get so close

You call it "care"

You want my soul

Not mine to share

You press your thumb into the bruise

To see how much of me you use

You say it’s love

I hear the drill

You only want me as a tool for your will

So I build my porcelain walls

Layered high

Glazed with fear

You want in

You want it all

But this time

You stay out here