Did u take?

Or was I giving?

Manipulated

Or over reaching?

Thats whats so sticky

About codependency.

One side needing to lead

And the other follow

But both humans need autonomy,

So the roles crash down on both.

It’s tricky intertwining,

Risking winding up without words of worth.

So simple to just assign roles:

Only humans aren’t known to stay stagnant…

A need now may be an annoyance later.

So how can either fulfill in restriction?

It’s just a matter of time,

Before the pressure

Of inequality

Between blows.

Even though both are depending,

The roles will be their endings.

The need to constantly dominant:

A weight.

No one can take or give,

An internal choice.

The cost of health,

To carry more than self.

Similar to that of the always folding fawn.

There’s only so much to sacrifice before squished.

Now who feels loved

In space of obligation?

Expectations take precedence,

For the sake of a role,

And the comfort of knowing,

Without risking failure,

Of communications game.

But in buying that cozy alliance,

Something else is lost,

Living.

Fear takes it all,

From both.