5 Reasons Why You Will Not Love Me

1. I am always on the verge of tears and “melancholy” is the only word I’ve ever learned with my whole body
2. When you kiss my mouth you will taste all the others that have and when you rest your lips against my ear you will hear the echoes of every goodbye I’ve ever mourned
3. Too often I mistake the taste of vodka for happiness and when I laugh it is when I feel most alone
4. You will ask me to describe myself and I will smile and say “eccedentesiast” and I will not say anything else until I smile and say “goodbye”
5. I will walk across half of the Great Wall of China to touch your face and I will learn how to pause time so you can see how each snowflake is different and I will write poems for you every time you laugh but I will not be able to make you happy