"I can feel you growingtired of me. Tired of all the thingsyou used to say you loved mostabout me...."

“I can feel you growing

tired of me. Tired of all the things

you used to say you loved most

about me. Like the way I wake up

before you, nudging you to gain

consciousness so I don’t have to

spend the morning alone.

Or how I never finish cups

of coffee that you made for me

before making another one

for myself. I wonder what

made you love these irritating

parts of me before.

You say that you still

admire them, but I can hear

the vines of annoyance

wrapping around your tongue

as you try to ease my overwhelming

feeling of never being enough

or being too much.

And even though you constantly

reassure me that you are not

growing tired of me,

I can see the restlessness

blooming in your eyes

every time you look into mine.”

- “I’m tired too, just not of you,” - CB