Break Me
You won’t breach my walls.
Not even in dreams.
You might as well try walking on water.
You won’t sway me.
I’m built out of disdain.
I don’t want your company.
Your attempts are in vain.
You should leave now.
All words have been spent.
There’s nothing left to uncover,
no hidden lament.
Why would you risk your heart?
What’s the gain?
Yet you linger,
claiming someday I’ll see,
promising to wait
until I give in at last.
Do you really think
you can break through this cast?
I said it won’t happen.
Wait until you’re grey.
A dead-end quest. A waste of your days.
I’m not worth the trouble,
not worth what you endure.
Why cling to a hope
that was never sure?
What don’t you understand?
I want solitude and peace.
I’m not your man.
Why won’t you just cease?
You say you’ll be near
when I finally break down,
but your hope won’t crack
this heart of stone.
I’m sorry.
My feelings are foreign. A distant place.
I can’t remember how to be honest
or what love looked like on my face.
You promise to teach.
To stay till I’m whole.
But I beg you to break me,
before I die alone.