The People Who Push Back are the Ones Who Care
i have a habit
a habit of pushing
people away and
almost as a test
seeing who comes
back
except it back-
fires and sometimes
no one returns
other times i do it
in the hope that
they won’t come back
that they’ll get the
message
i don’t want them
around
that one backfired too
i know i’m not an
easy person
to be around
i know i can be grumpy
and moody and
there are days when
i just don’t
want to talk
but i wish i could
trust
that someone’ll stay
a habit of pushing
people away and
almost as a test
seeing who comes
back
except it back-
fires and sometimes
no one returns
other times i do it
in the hope that
they won’t come back
that they’ll get the
message
i don’t want them
around
that one backfired too
i know i’m not an
easy person
to be around
i know i can be grumpy
and moody and
there are days when
i just don’t
want to talk
but i wish i could
trust
that someone’ll stay