Boys

I smoked on my way to your house
Upset for no particular reason
And when I got there you kissed away the smoke caught in my mouth
You made it your goal to make me smile
Promised you wouldn't let me leave until I was grinning
So you kissed me and tickled my feet and promised you loved me

But I'm weak and when I fought with my parents put a match to my skin
Hoping to burn away the demons that you'd beaten for a while
I knew it was a mistake once it was done but I still told you
And the burns didn't hurt half as much as
When you cried and clung to me and tried to kiss away the blisters
You spent the rest of the night repeating "I love you"
Between light kisses all over my face and down my neck
And wiping the tears out of my eyes as I realized what I'd done to you