TOO MUCH
By: TYLER FORD
Do you remember the first time you were called annoying?
how your breath stop short in your chest
the way the light drained from your eyes, though you knew your cheeks were ablaze
the way your throat tightened as you tried to form an argument that got lost on your tongue?
your eyes never left the floor that day.
you were 13.
you're 20 now, and I still see the light fade from your eyes when you talk about your interests for "too long,"
apologies littering every other sentence,
words trailing off a cliff you haven't jumped from in 7 years.
