Thoroughbreds

and i want to tell you that i don’t, and that i did it because i think i loved you. because i think i still do. and because i knew how happy you could be -- so much happier than i ever could -- but how tied down you were by your own fear and guilt. and that i don’t think you ever really wanted my friendship, so i gave the best thing i could. the thing you really wanted to take anyway, i think.