Do Not Fall In Love With People Like Me by Caitlyn Siehl

[Family Court Strategies: When Your Partner Has BPD OR NPD Traits.]

“Do not fall in love

With people like me.

people like me

will love you so hard

that you turn into stone

into a statue where people

come to marvel at how long

it must have taken to carve

that faraway look into your eyes

Do not fall in love with people like me

we will take you to

museums and parks

and monuments

and kiss you in every beautiful

place so that you can

never go back to them

without tasting us

like blood in your mouth

Do not come any closer.

people like me

are bombs

when our time is up

we will splatter loss

all over your walls

in angry colors

that make you wish

your doorway never

learned our name

do not fall in love

with people like me.

with the lonely ones

we will forget our own names

if it means learning yours

we will make you think

hurricanes are gentle

that pain is a gift

you will get lost

in the desperation

in the longing for something

that is always reaching

but never able to hold

do not fall in love

with people like me.

we will destroy your

apartment

we will throw apologies at you

that shatter on the floor

and cut your feet

we will never learn

how to be soft

we will leave.

we always do.”

— Do Not Fall In Love With People Like Me by Caitlyn Siehl

[restoredsight]

“Do not fall in love

With people like me.

people like me

will love you so hard

that you turn into stone

into a statue where people

come to marvel at how long

it must have taken to carve

that faraway look into your eyes

Do not fall in love with people like me

we will take you to

museums and parks

and monuments

and kiss you in every beautiful

place so that you can

never go back to them

without tasting us

like blood in your mouth

Do not come any closer.

people like me

are bombs

when our time is up

we will splatter loss

all over your walls

in angry colors

that make you wish

your doorway never

learned our name

do not fall in love

with people like me.

with the lonely ones

we will forget our own names

if it means learning yours

we will make you think

hurricanes are gentle

that pain is a gift

you will get lost

in the desperation

in the longing for something

that is always reaching

but never able to hold

do not fall in love

with people like me.

we will destroy your

apartment

we will throw apologies at you

that shatter on the floor

and cut your feet

we will never learn

how to be soft

we will leave.

we always do.”

— Do Not Fall In Love With People Like Me by Caitlyn Siehl

[HappyNihilist]

This is perfect. This is heartbreaking. This is absolutely it. Thank you for sharing.

I've been having a really hard day... . this has let me open up and just cry... . it's so painful, but I know I needed it.