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When you talk to me,

Please remember….

That I am layered with fears.

My eggshell heart is tempered

and fragile, so please be cautious

with the words you choose.

I have raveled the wounds, bandages of faith,

Yet, I have been raped by the soulless

Scornful blades of deceit,

that I have boxed and labeled -Trust,

to bury it among my other useless treasures.

This, I am afraid to say is me,

As I stand on the outside,

Peering into your life,

You will say that it all

Hardly seems fair, that no one

Person should know this much

Despair…but life has never promised me,

What it has never had to offer me,

So when you speak

Please do so with care.

Just when you feel that you have come to know me,

You will be tempted to touch me, softly, gently

With just enough kindness to edge

The tears from my eyes,

Silently, they’ll pool on your skin

You’ll look up to me and ask

“what did I do?”

It won’t matter that it isn’t about you,

as you look to the door that will lead you away,

You will not understand from where they’ve come,

but you will add to the damage done.