If I could say one last thing you'd know I was different
You’d see these walls as something else
You’d see the holes for footing
The scars on my shoulders
From the grappling hooks I’ve shaken
It’s a reflex
I’d like to reset
If I could
I’d rip the seesaw from my spine
Break the balance in the fulcrum of my chest
So when you jump away
I don’t fall from you
Call me swing set
Give my arms monkey bar bravery
So I can shimmy close enough for you to see
I want you here
I won’t try and nock you off
I am done playing chicken
I am done playing chicken
Foot on the gas pedal beggin god I run you off the road
Again
This path I am on
Is lonely
I know this
I want to tell you I love you
When I know you won’t say it back
If you could
Shake the dust from your knees
After my walls reflexed a shiver
In your embrace so hard
You fell to the floor
If you stuck around long enough
You’d see
All the cotton I swallowed
So when I heard you leaving
You wouldn’t hear me say
Stay
If I could say one last thing
You’d know
I was different
Was better
Might be ready
With enough patience
Please stay