just let that girl be wild, let her convince herself not to miss you, let her stay headstrong and fearless, standing in her own rain soaking wet, let her dry herself off. let her run through the woods all muddy and face-first to the treetops. let her swing into rivers and scrape her knees, let her break her wrist and cut her hair, let her erase who she was when you touched her last. just let that girl watch the deluge and thunderstorms in the spring, let her wash away who she was when you last said her name, let her point to the sky and tell you *that came from my chest, that came from my fingertips, that came from everything you left, and it doesn't need you to be real