about not putting it all on the line: does it make you feel more at ease? all this talk of protecting yourself. don't bother planting seeds that won't meet fruition, because you refuse to wait. if you didn't want anything from the start why didn't you just say it? hand left extended to your back. too far away to turn and take it. your memory fades like the setting sun. at least you leave with your heart intact. there's an absence of conflict, but things aren't the way they ought to be. no closure, no justification of this line of events, this course of action, a prescribed medication to avoid getting hurt.