at the end of the day you were just a boy
trying to get a woman to love him

that’s how it works.

boys end up falling for women all the time
because the thing a boy desires more than a girl,

is a woman

but women can never love a boy
women only fall in love with men

that’s the balancing act.

girls turn into women at first break
our girlie hearts die then beat again

the second time, to our own rhythm
that’s what makes you grown

boys don’t like to take risks
they think it’s better to be winning

        than
                     to
                                        just
               be
                                loving

they lose the war atomically
but brag about battles their hearts kept beating for

                        until
                            the
                        earth
                  disintegrates
                        beneath
                        their
                          toes

don’t they know
no one needs a heart when we die