paper spine

i'll share with you my all i'll give you everything i’ll take the fall— but i can’t take myself again you say i’m strong, but you don’t see the nights i fold quietly i try so hard to be your calm to hold you when the waves come on but i’m just a shape that’s wearing thin a paper spine, and trembling skin i want to be the one you trust the one who’s there when it’s too much but i’m still learning how to breathe without breaking in between you touch my hand and i pretend i’m not fraying at the seams again you tell me i feel safe to you and i smile like that’s still true i want to be enough for you but i haven’t been enough for me and i’m scared one day you’ll finally see i try so hard to be your calm to hold you when the waves come on but i’m just a shape that’s wearing thin a paper spine, and trembling skin i love you i just don’t know how to stay