Are you cold, my darling? You're shivering-
Shrugs me off, says she's never felt warmer
Throws on slippers and disappears past me down the hall, I'm left
Hand outstretched
//
My girl can't stand to sleep alone
I work all night just to come home
To strangers in our bed, and I ache
For how lonely she must have felt
//
My darling girl, why don't you rest your sleepy head,
You can't face all the demons inside, can't go to sleep,
Instead you've fled and I,
Pinned your wings to the ground, like so many,
But like only me, I let you go and so,
You chose to stay, it's the only way you would
I'm afraid,
You're always ready to fly away from me
And I, can't stand to see you go too far
I'm frightened.
Can't keep the tears away when I see you turn
away with a frown, concentrate too ******* spreading jam
Stirring tea
Artificial warmth, like the heat you swear radiates off my shirt
I gave you and the forced desire
To always keep things civil, traditional, a facade of happy-
Just. nice.
But we're a cluster of stars, burning and dying.
And you can't blame me for trying to keep you wild,
Nor for wishing you'd let me in and take me along.
I'm just a man.