A tough pill to swallow

I wrote this poem after an encounter with a guy. It was just a nothing kind of encounter, but it got me thinking about the whole love dynamic and being willing to open yourself up to people and how detrimental it can be when you don't.













A Tough Pill To Swallow

A look

Across

A crowded

Room

Your eyes

Bore into

My

Crowded mind

I want

This

More than

I

I want

Your soul

My

Heart is

I watch

You

Your smile

See

You take

My hand

My

Soul open

You have

Broken

Me in

Two

Parts of

A whole

Crawl

Inside me

I break

My

Own Heart

You

Take me

But I

Can’t

Let You