you act
as if
i don't
mind you
trying to pluck
the thorns
off my back.

i act
as if
i don't
see you flinch
every time
i look at you
and you see nothing.

we act
as if
our hands don't
bleed from
the scars
decorated across our palms
every time
we lace them together.

but the thing that makes
us not winning an Oscar unfair
is the fact that,

we act
as if
we are
together.