my heart : a glass castle

tell me no

refuse me

break me

do it.

because the longer we are together

the harder it gets to gather the remaining shards left from my heart

and every sliver I try so hard to pierce back together only leaves another empty space

and as you remain close to me

the magnificent sculpture I have constructed crumbles

but you heal me

and when you are there I am left with a sturdy glass castle that leaves no room for instability

for sadness

for any or every depressing emotion you bring out of me when you are gone

so leave

tell me no

so that I am left huddled on the ground gingerly touching the broken pieces of that sturdy glass castle that you have single-handedly raised yet crushed once again

leave me

to build my own castle

tell me no

so I may learn how to heal without you