keep me from forgetting
who i am,
who i was before the world
told me what i should be.
sing to me
at the top of your lungs
so i can't help but hear you
and i sing, too.
bring me flowers
grown from seeds
i forgot i planted,
pile them all around me
until the smell of them
makes me high
and i, too, must bloom.
tell me a story.
tell me five, tell me ten,
tell me a hundred!
let me hear that voice
and don't let me tell you
you talk too much.
laugh at me
because i'm silly
and i try too hard
to be cool.
look me in the eye
and say, "i'm here now,
and i'm not going anywhere
without you"
then take my hand
and spin me round
til the world's all fuzzy
and we tumble, giggling,
happy when we land
in all the messes
that we've made.
