you are a horse running alone<br />and he tries to tame you<br />compares you to an impossible highway<br />to a burning house<br />says you are blinding him<br />that he could never leave you<br />forget you<br />want anything but you<br />you dizzy him, you are unbearable<br />every woman before or after you<br />is doused in your name<br />you fill his mouth<br />his teeth ache with memory of taste<br />his body just a long shadow seeking yours<br />but you are always too intense<br />frightening in the way you want him<br />unashamed and sacrificial<br />he tells you that no man can live up to the one who<br />lives in your head<br />and you tried to change didn't you?<br />closed your mouth more<br />tried to be softer<br />prettier<br />less volatile, less awake<br />but even when sleeping you could feel<br />him travelling away from you in his dreams<br />so what did you want to do love<br />split his head open?<br />you can't make homes out of human beings<br />someone should have already told you that<br />and if he wants to leave<br />then let him leave<br />you are terrifying<br />and strange and beautiful<br />something not everyone knows how to love.