Loving You

Those boys will never love you
They love music
a sweet tune
They love art
but you will never be their muse
Because you are a summer secret
something dark
they must keep hidden
They don't call you by your name
As if this alleviates the shame
The Shame they carry
for “loving” someone like...
“loving” someone broken
“loving” someone so...
Those men will never love you
they will never hold your hand
They will never treat you to lunch
but how can you eat
when you've already swallowed
swallowed your tongue
swallowed your words
swallowed your pride
and forgotten your worth.
You have never loved you
and so you don't understand
That They...
they will never love you.

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