everyone has shadows

There's a violence
in your bones
my inner
dark romantic loves

But I'll never
hold you that way
those dreams
are long gone
lost to reality
and time and the
realisation that
not all bridges
are worth crossing
especially the ones
that we constantly
light on fire

I've lived by the motto
don't ask, don't tell
when it comes to way
your hands curl into fists
ready to break things
I can't see
can't know about
because it's better for us both
if I don't know the secrets
you drink into the bottom
of a bottle every night

If I get to choose
I choose this version of you
the laughing silly jokester
with a cigarette in hand
and a ready smile
darkness cracking
through the light
but never taking over

© Indie Adams 2022