She had a needle ***** pin for his dream balloon He laughed at her faith Mocked it Loathed it for what he perceived It had done to him Long before she ever came around This was something that she never knew But what she did know was enough She had a Mason jar for his unearned tears She kept a wooden box full of nails To hold up the boards That blocked the sun And kept the birds out He wanted to jump off a mountain cliff To feel free in the fall To prove her wrong She had a cat of nine tails and a whiplash smile When he asked her to dance she said it wasn't her style