overthinking
Zoe Stark
Zoe Stark
i am not afraid
that you will lie to me one day
or cheat on me
i am afraid that
you will wake up before me on a Sunday morning
and instead of leaning over to kiss me on the forehead
you will look at my sleeping body and start to notice all my flaws
my oversized nose
my uneven lips
the stretch marks that cover my hips and breasts like a road map
you will think about my random bursts of jealousy and how i think too much
you will walk to the kitchen
to brew a cup of black coffee
stare at the bright morning rays of sunlight entering through the window frame
and come to the conclusion
that for no particular reason at all
you don’t love me anymore.
that you will lie to me one day
or cheat on me
i am afraid that
you will wake up before me on a Sunday morning
and instead of leaning over to kiss me on the forehead
you will look at my sleeping body and start to notice all my flaws
my oversized nose
my uneven lips
the stretch marks that cover my hips and breasts like a road map
you will think about my random bursts of jealousy and how i think too much
you will walk to the kitchen
to brew a cup of black coffee
stare at the bright morning rays of sunlight entering through the window frame
and come to the conclusion
that for no particular reason at all
you don’t love me anymore.
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Zoe is a lesbian, her pronouns are she/they, and they go to the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts.
Zoe is a lesbian, her pronouns are she/they, and they go to the Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts.