if i throw away all the cards and hand written letters it’s almost like we never met. they say actions speak louder than words but you were spinning sweet nothings on full volume and i didn’t realize then that if i just cancelled all the noise there’d have been nothing left.

i guess the difference is i meant every word i said over the years; good, bad and in between. but when you said i was a perfect match you just meant easy to manipulate, manageable, a maybe-one-day-mrs just to set the scene.

and i think what happens is i give the benefit of the doubt until i doubt the deepest parts of my worth. if you meant one thing for sure it was that i had a blue collar upbringing you thought made you more diverse.

god damn i so badly wanted to believe i was more than a part cast in your coming of age story plot, but i guess it’s true what they say, a leopard never changes its spots.

-tbrumm