It's only words,

Do you know how sometimes - when you are riding your bike and you start skidding across sand, or when you miss a step and start tumbling down the stairs, - you have those long, long seconds to know that you are going to be hurt, and badly, and there is nothing you can do to prevent the pain that is about to come? I used to often wonder what would happen when you offered yourself to someone, and they opened you, only to discover you were not the gift they expected and they had to smile and nod and say thank you all the same. I soon realized when you give yourself to someone, it is only a matter of time until those long, long seconds occur.