Warsan Shire

1. Im lonely so I do lonely things

2. Loving you was like going to war; I never came back the same.
3. You hate women, just like your father and his father, so it runs in your blood.
4. I was wandering the derelict car park of your heart looking for a ride home.
5. Youre a ghost town Im too patriotic to leave.
6. I stay because youre the beginning of the dream I want to remember.
7. I didnt call him back because he likes his girls voiceless.
8. Its not that he wants to be a liar; its just that he doesnt know the truth.
9. I couldnt love you, you were a small war.
10. We covered the smell of loss with jokes.
11. I didnt want to fail at love like our parents.
12. You made the nomad in me build a house and stay.
13. Im not a dog.
14. We were trying to prove our blood wrong.
15. I was still lonely so I did even lonelier things.
16. Yes, Im insecure, but so was my mother and her mother.
17. No, he loves me he just makes me cry a lot.
18. He knows all of my secrets and still wants to kiss me.
19. You were too cruel to love for a long time.
20. It just didnt work out.
21. My dad walked out one afternoon and never came back.
22. I cant sleep because I can still taste him in my mouth.
23. I cut him out at the root, he was my favorite tree, rotting, threatening the foundations of my home.
24. The women in my family die waiting.
25. Because I didnt want to die waiting for you.
26. I had to leave, I felt lonely when he held me.
27. Youre the song I rewind until I know all the words and I feel sick.
28. He sent me a text that said I love you so bad.
29. His heart wasnt as beautiful as his smile
30. We emotionally manipulated one another until we thought it was love.
31. Forgive me, I was lonely so I chose you.
32. Im a lover without a lover.
33. Im lovely and lonely.
34. I belong deeply to myself .