The Blood & The Bones

He said “why do you always let yourself get your hopes up?”

It was a good question and one I’d never put a lot of thought into.  And, even in this moment, I didn’t stop to think before I responded.

“I treat them all like a maybe forever…” I said

“… because we always treat the things we want to keep better than the things that are only temporary.  And this is why they always remember me.  This is why I’m always the one that got away.”

LL
the blood & the bones