I will always enjoy being kind to you
no matter the outcome
donning a warrior's code
alignment raises our sum
Yet to offer a whole heart
is now irresponsible to myself
so I'm just gonna jettison off this busted shelf
lie down here, bleed a while
allow coagulation to do its thing,
and regain
retain a fettered health
because showing love isn't always a matter of rejection or acceptance
It's honesty.
and your loving heart must inextricably bestow
that sometimes rejection bears the passive
albeit very jagged
teeth
of courage to say no
rather than oui,
even if my heart grows weaker
and its pulse slows