how to take the shape

Photo by Tyler Lastovich on Unsplash

i don’t always understand

but i promise i’m trying

the last time i let someone near me

i felt like a shell of myself

sometimes i worry that i’ll forget who i am

if i allow myself to get to know someone else

i learned how to take the shape

of anyone i spend time with

so please don’t take offense

if i always seem to be on the defense

i’m just trying to figure out how to be around others

without thinking i’m somehow in harm’s way