I unwrapped myself for you.
Trembling fingers
Running over the cracks.
You took them in
With gentle eyes
And I thought you'd loved me anyway.
But you just thought I could be fixed.
And where you saw it would
Hurt the most
You put needles.
Searing hot into my soul
That I had opened for you
That I told you needed water
And tenderness.
But you didn't listen.
Your needles hit like poison.
So I began to wrap myself again.
And you never even noticed.

Those who are closest to us
Can hurt us the most deeply
Can shatter us.