honey

i don’t know to make promises to you that i wont break
i’m trying so hard not to be my mother that i’m failing at being yours

maybe its in my dna
but even biology can evolve

what stings the most is how i’ve learned to give you what i didn’t have
yet every time i try to clear a path
my words collapse you inward like a swarm of scolded bees

can’t you see i only want to bring you honey?

i will stay here waiting, loving, grasping

please just taste one drop
before you decide it weighs too much
and slip back into the safety of the shadows i hoped you’d never know.