By Ivana Crie

 

I am afraid of relationships.

Of love.

Of being dependant.

 

Of leaning on someone

who isn’t leaning back

because the moment they step away,

I am unsupported.

 

And when I crash,

the ground will shake;

tidal waves will form,

and my world will turn itself

inside out.

 

I am afraid of people like you,

who make it so easy to fall in love

and so hard to forget.

Editor: Claire Jenkins