The Gate of Horn
When You Press My Buttons
I think that some part of me is ready to leave you
though it seems a chore that would expend me emotionally,
and I can�t believe that you don�t have some clue of how I really feel.
I�m definitely inclined to being with you and reveling in our times together
but there is a certain amount of myself that I am willing to compromise
and I feel that I may have crossed that line almost a year ago.
You say that you love me and ask me how I am doing
but it seems an apathetic social gesture and I dislike forced conversation.
I am pretentious in my story-telling and you oblige graciously,
and you sympathize for and consol me when I threaten death,
but I think the truth is that I scare you on some subconscious level
and it�s pulling you from me.
Truthfully, I appreciate your tolerance but I wonder if it is beginning to erode my own.
I love to see you angry and I love it when you press my buttons,
and I love the feeling that I could strangle you at any moment,
because I know that we are one in that particular aspect.
Why is it that when it hits too close to home
I am instantly ready to up and go?
Why do I feel like I am backing down for you in my reticence?
I have set aside my humour, my labour, and my strife,
and sometimes it is as though you have not sacrificed any part of yourself,
though I often indulge in the fallacy that states otherwise.
I feel compelled to find a like-minded companion (perhaps we both do)
And I know that my search must continue.
How do I continue living with someone I love so much, but can�t stand the sight of?
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