“Maybe I’m not
what you want;
I’m just what
distracts you
until you get it.
But I hope you
still want me
when you aren’t
lonely.”
More from Chloë Frayne
“I think I might always be jealous of the way sunlight touches your skin.”
“I will say it as many times as it takes for you to believe it: You are not a burden.”
“I imagine you in every empty seat I sit beside.”
“What a mess I have made with nothing but an idea that I am not enough.”