playlist

3:00am.

Maybe I don’t talk to you because it pains me to share the pain you feel

Maybe I distract myself so I don’t hear your cries for help that I can’t respond to

Because I’m too far away

Every new song you add to your playlist tells a story,

of gradual insanity,

Of escalating sadness and depression

Because I think you’re beginning to realize

That I’ve found someone else that can love me

the way you hoped you could have.