9-9-16 Sea Shell

 •Sea Shell• 

Saying I love you is like giving someone the key to your secret box 

They might unlock it 

Yet again, they might not

If they do , you trust that they close it back up and never tell a living soul 

Saying I love you is more than just a sentence in an essay 

More than something you say to clear the air 

Saying I love you is like giving someone your favorite pair of shoes

They could clean them every day 

Or stomp around in the mud and ruin them 

Saying I love you is like calling someone on the phone at 2am and hearing them cry 

Listening and hanging onto all of the details 

Like everything they say that has hurt them stabs you even harder 

Whenever they hurt, it hurts you right back 

Saying I love you isn't something you throw in the ocean and let it sink 

You leave it on the beach and wait for someone to pick it up 

Like a sea shell, rough and slightly cracked but still a home for a lonely crab

Find your I love you

Hold onto it and hang it around your neck 

Clutch it to your chest and never throw it back in the ocean 

Because someone else might make it their home 

But they were never meant to dwell there

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