Ashes

And if I choose you,

will you then decide to leave

me, with just the fragments

of our time to hold onto?

And if I share my heart,

will you then hide your soul

behind pretenses and

walls designed to obscure?

And when I love you,

will you then find that

I am simple and plain, and

not worth your attention?

And if you let me

stay then with you, will

you leave me eventually

with nothing but grey ashes?