Forget It

Jupiter is ascending and I know better

The chill in the air bites at my skin like a warning

I am broken and twisted

But I know how to bend

To fit into the space you have without pushing you aside

I feel it, in every lingering stare, the tension

The tortured desire

To paw and peck and grip and caress

Followed all too closely by the fear that I'll break

Like glass in your hands

That I'll drown in trauma

Like a paper boat at sea

I look young enough to be naïve

Inexperienced with the ride

Someone that doesn't know what to expect

But it's me that remains when things fade

You remember my face

my touch

my kiss

the softness of my voice in your ear

You invite me in again

Just to pull away...in fear

Sleep is lost without reward yet again

But forget it, "friend"

I'm fine.