"It is not you, it is them"
It's not you. It's them.
You loved me
They never even tried
I trusted you
But I never should have trusted them
You never have hurt me
But they did
You see my friend
I will always hold you at distance
It is not you
Never has
It is not who you are
Or what you have done
It is them.
Them.
The things they did
The words they said
The looks they gave
When they held my gaze.
It is not you
It is them.
It is because of them
I cannot love freely
Nor trust
Like an open book.
It is because of them
I cry at night.
It is because of them
I judge everything about myself.
But it is because of you
That I am comforted when I cry.
It is because of you
You make me see potential in myself.
Because of you. Not because of them
I will maybe one day
Love freely
And be an open book.
This will be because of you. Not them.
~(b.d)
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