I hold on too tightly,
You tell me to ‘tread lightly.’
Fearful to let go,
you tell me “let’s just take it slow.”
you pull away;
I pull you close.
My nails sink deep into your skin,
You flinch away in pain-
I apologize,
Yet I pull you close again.
I kissed you too hard,
until your lips were blue and sore.
I ran my fingers down your back,
And made you bleed some more.
I kissed your neck,
Then you started to choke.
I held your face in my hands,
until it was fear I started to evoke.
I held you tight,
you started to suffocate.
I held on with all my might,
you continued to hesitate.
now I’ve lost you;
I hadn’t realized my hands had claws,
I had you clenched in my jaws.
If I could’ve just paused,
Maybe I’d seen the harm I’d caused.
Please understand what I have to do;
it was far too much to put us both through.
Now I keep my distance,
I couldn’t continue my persistence.
My kisses no longer linger,
like a bee whose lost its stinger.
I stung you,
and pulled out my insides.
I won’t hold my lips to you neck,
or wait to hear your pulse.
I left us such a wreck,
I clung onto you like an impulse.
I held on too tightly,
until I had to completely let you go.
Now you’re just a pain that visits nightly,
you came in at a point where I was already at a low.
Why couldn’t I just take you slow?
