1. You terrify me.

2. I say your name often in my head. But saying it out loud is like a sacred act.

3. I hate that you have scars. I hate that you see mine.

4. And I hate that they are branded on our bodies. As if to remind me of the shape of his hands.

5. I speak to you with my eyes. Can you understand their dialect?

6. The forest is my sanctuary. You are like my forest.

7. You put my heart back together after it was crushed and stomped on by the world.

8. I wish I could have saved her.

9. I come up with reasons to take you on my bike because I want your arms around me.

10. You were wrong. I liked you first.