love is painful.
you know everything about
this person,
their favorite song, hobbies,
and what they hate about themselves.
they keep telling you about
the things they hate
but while they're doing that
you're slowly falling in love
with these things and
you want to stop because it hurts
it hurts so much when they say they hate the things
you want them to love themself more than anything
your new goal
is to help them love themself
but it won't work now,
not tomorrow,
or next month, or ever.
(s.b)