The way damaged people love .

D a m a g e d  people love you
like you are a crime scene
before a crime has even been  c o m m i t t e d .

They keep their running shoes
besides their  s o u l s  every night,
one eye open
in case things  c h a n g e  whilst they sleep.

Their backs are always  t e n s e
as though waiting
to fight a sudden  s t o r m
that might engulf them.

Because damaged people have already seen  h e l l .

And damaged people  u n d e r s t a n d  that
every evil demon that exists down there
was once a kind  a n g e l  before it fell.


- Nikita Gill