When it comes to you.

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  • JLorian
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When it comes to you.

It's better if I just be quiet, 
my words have a mind of their own;
I promised myself that I'd try it 
but my head just can't leave it alone.
I know everything that I said 
and I've given you good cause to doubt;
it all sounds alright in my head 
then I speak and pure crazy falls out.
The only explanation that will do: 
this only happens when it comes to you.
This boat that we're in just keeps rocking 
and I try to sit down and be good,
but I'm so nervous when we are talking
that my mouth shoots my head in the foot.
I push you away with intention 
then panic and reach out again;
if you're thinking I need intervention, 
that I'm not entirely sane,
then give my inner devil his due; 
this only happens when it comes to you.
I minimized this attraction; 
I threw it down in the dust;
I called it a minor distraction; 
I called you an endorphin rush.
I bared myself to my own nature 
then covered in armor and thorns;
a difficult, contrary creature
constantly changing her form.
I don't blame you if you're really through;
this only happens when it comes to you.
I've ordered my thoughts with these verses; 
I've given them structure and style.
I'm hoping they can undo curses, 
bridge the distance of one thousand miles.
I take back my rude condescension; 
my thoughtless and sweeping remarks,
I break down the walls of my prison; 
drain the moat and remove all the sharks.
There's really nothing more that I can do; 
this only happens when it comes to you.
-JLorian.

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SWesleyMcgranor commented on When it comes to you.

02-27-2017

What is your problem? It appears that you have one.

Poetry comes nearer to vital truth than history.

Plato (BC 427-BC 347) Greek philosopher.

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