I was young and didn’t know how to love.
I thought love came via obsession
If I was tearing my hair out, waiting
For that validation
For being acknowledged.
Wanted.
I never could accept
I was enough, so I pushed away
Destroyed gifts
When I found out they cheated,
Ecstasy poured through me;
I never listened to that stupid mixtape.
– Sara Myriad
One Comment
Carter Moody
Sara,
Your opening line is one of the best. It opens out–to endless possibilities. I’m reminded, speaking of lyrics, of John Lennon’s “Mother,” the lines: “Children, don’t do…what I have done. I couldn’t walk, and I tried to run….”