hard to love
is it so crazy to worry
i am hard to love?
because people come and go.
in the beginning they say
that i am different,
special in some way.
they say their “i love you” too soon.
and then they’re gone.
then i am reminded that i am alone,
that i’ve never had a hand to hold
or someone to look at me with a real smile
for longer than it takes to be left.