hello again!

you're scared your teeth are rotting

i swear you're doing fine

you're scared you might not love me

i tell you that's alright

i'm sorry that i'm ugly

i'm sorry for my selfish obsession with your life

you're angry that i want you

you're angry that you're mine, but

i've been moving slowly since the day we met, and

i've been breathing in and out since the first time we locked eyes

i've been feeling my heart beating in places where it shouldn't be

and i've been hearing you saying "goodbye"

every night, but

i've been seeing you every morning

when your breath stinks, and you're sorry

and eyes are still half-closed and dripping

from the words you said in your head

about how the world is running out of rain and you wish you were dead

but i need you alive, so i

can hear you say goodnight

and i'm so sorry for keeping you

where you don't wanna be

but i can't let you fall asleep

because i don't know if you're asleep anymore,

you don't breathe when you don't see me