I make lines of poetryout of the way you love me;so carefully, but then againso selfish and brutal.I...

I make lines of poetry
out of the way you love me;
so carefully, but then again
so selfish and brutal.
I am the only person
that you have ever loved
that doesn’t let you
get away with doing
whatever you want.
I will be the only person
who will ever make you
feel so small,
by using my words
against your heart.
I am not like your other lovers;
I can self-destruct
at any given moment,
as long as you say,
"I want you, and only you."
If you watch me carefully,
you can see the stretch marks
on my skin from loving people
who never really loved me back.