A Simple Girl Needs Simple Things

a poem

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heaven forbid
you end up alone

i remember those words
as if they would save me
when really all they did
was cage me

into a life
where I feared
ending up alone
above all else

but now i’m in the thick of it,
and i don’t care as much
because i'm sitting
on the end of a string

and you know?

it’s not so hopeless
as i once feared

kissing in a tree
seemed like the height
of some old-fashioned fashion —
but i yearned for it

but we all grow up

and we learn what we need
as we scrape through life,
knuckles bloodied
as we crave so much more

i’m in love with the idea of love —
always have been —
but i don’t miss it
when it’s not at my door