I understand.

Teresa picks me up on the docks.
I remember something you say from ages ago
"You need to talk to a female."
It is true, the men easily go from confidant to one of us being something more-

We sit in my living room and I talk about how cheery I used to be.
How I held hope for everyone.

She says, "you are used to pleasing everyone."
She says something akin to "you're self-worth is wrapped up in how other people think of you."