When I tell you what I’m like
Where I’ve been
Don’t confuse my honesty for a second
With transparency
It’ll only be after that I expect you’ll realize
I am the character of who I am
For you in that moment
Monologues at the ceiling
To keep you warm and pretend that I could be something exciting for you
That you had a break from normalcy with me
And when I’m gone
Don’t feel fooled
You saw a film
When it happened to me
It was like an infection
And from then on
I knew that the only value I could have to a stranger
Would be as she had been to me
And so I am to you