In the Dark

Stay here

Hold me in the dark

Where you can’t see me cry

Pretend you don’t feel the tears

As they drip onto your chest

Just keep your arms around me

While I fall apart in them

Those limbs are all that keep me

Together at this time

Without them

Without you

I won’t last the night

When the day appears

Pretend like nothing happened

Lie with me

In both senses of the word

As I fix my smile

Back into its place

To face the world once more

Hoping that I won’t need

To fall apart again too soon

But knowing that the chances

Of that happening are slim

I’ll spend the day

Masquerading as a human

While I worry that all of this

Will make you leave me too