I Can't Afford to Lose Nothing

It's easier to love you when you're a thousand miles away;

It's easier to confess my feelings when it is all in my head.

Real love means touching--

It's the glances and skin brushing skin.

Love is sharing hobbies and giving time,

Using patience and later a bed.

A relationship is something solid, and we are only air.

I'd like all the weight and the mess,

A me-and-you standing with the world's couples.

But an unexpected benefit of keeping silent

Is never knowing what you think or how you feel.

And honestly,

I couldn't handle your look of discomfort,

Your shift away from me,

Or the way everything would become stilted and wrong.

There's too much to lose,

Even though I have nothing.

I’ve pushed away too many people in my life

I’ve set a fire to all the good things that come inside

I’ll lay down the matches and blow out the candle

Cause tonight I’m making myself vulnerable

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Reviews

[Distant horizons]

Such prophetic words, wonderfully told. The last two lines sum it all up perfectly.

[SeekingMeaning]

Thank you!

[Distant horizons]

Welcome :-)