I wasn't always so small,
my waist not so slim,
my ribs not as hollow as my heart.
I was just scared again.
I never took my life,
but you know I tried.
I just couldn't do it.
part of me didn't want to die.
and I wasn't always so fragile,
so quick to flinch from touch,
but I didn't know how to love you,
that's why I ran so much.
Your eyes were always gentle,
brown but filled with tears,
already thinking
of the future's painful years.
but still each day you held me,
and I wouldn't let you know,
that everyday it mattered.
Every day, you didn't let me go.
You never really noticed,
because you weren't the first.
but I was getting thin,
and m