My foot taps concrete
To the beat of my blood

My mouth is an acoustic guitar
Strumming your name against my lips

My cheeks go red
At the images I conjure

My mind is a snare drum
Pounding against my better judgement

Am I what you expected
As you pet my hair and pull my fingers
Towards you
Telling me my smile lights up a room

As my teeth rot
As my skin wrinkles
As my bones ache
Will you still love me
As I am?

Yes I am the fool who came back twice
And I know your ancient tears are nothing more than ice
And I’ve justified my scars by telling everyone I’m better off
But every time I try my voice will quaver

Your bitter taste is resting on my tongue
My throat is burnt from singing songs that we have sung
I would tell you that I missed you but that
Sentiment has passed
But now I’m back to ask an honest favor  

All I need
Is to hear three words I’ve dreamed of hearing all this time
All I need
Is to hold you in my arms without your guilt, you shame, or anger
All I need
Is to bring myself to tears if I could stand
To look you in the eye
All I need
Is to tell you what I am
Before you tell me

Yes I am the love of your young life
And I know this to be true because I’m still your wife
Because I know when you’re upset when I’m the one who sees the way you look at you

Hands stretched toward the light
Begging to pull them out of the dark
Screams of talent belting out
Like an undiscovered meadow lark

This little blue jay with her white wings
Has her tail feathers dipped in black
Yes, she’s taking off in brilliance
But her story says something her eyes lack

The rhino, the gecko, and finally the wolf
Keep her feathers on their tongues
But she’s escaped with a heavy breath
And she releases her song gone unsung

I’m burning the back of my throat
Every time I speak to you

I’m pulling the muscles in my neck
Trying to look away from you

I’m spraining both of my ankles
Trying to be far from you

But it feels natural
To be hurt by you

I'm wearing a halo of red light,
While you wear one of blue;
You gravitate towards the earth,
And I fall away, without you.

I drift into myself,
And you have no idea who you are;
You are a heavy mass of rock,
and I am a dying star.

But as I expand and explode,
You try to prove your gregarious spirit;
Eventually, we will collide,
And I will be able to endure it.