I looked up, shaky,
your eyes ask,
demand,
stay
I turn around and run,
because no one ever asks me,
wants me,
to stay
My heart beats for the first time,
wild, excited thump
t h u m p i n g,
It ripped my chest open,
out of breath, bleeding
I run faster, farther,
far far away
because I knew one day you’d ask me to leave