take care

Caring is risky. It can ruin you.
It can rip out your heart,
rip away your foundation.

Caring is opening yourself to pain.
Gut-wrenching, shattering
pain and loss.

You're right to be afraid to care,

but I need you to be braver.

I need someone with the courage
to care for me.

To be there, in the room
when I'm crying.

To listen, even when they
are the problem.

You do not love that which
you do not care for.

The Feral Bones