I wanted to blanket you in gentle warmth,
swaddle you, protect you
Never dreaming that you suffocated
under the
weight of my attention
I longed for you to mirror my heart
—mimic my
words
—morph into
my Mini-Me
And I snipped away your identity
And shaped you into a paper doll
that no one
else can love
When convenient—
I mended your heartbreaks
And fought your monsters
I also shared our intimacies
—in gossip
stripping you
to bare bones
My love—
So wrong in
intensity—
whipped between over-indulgence and neglect
On and off
And on again
Leaving you
heartless
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