Brighten

I won't expect your turning eyes

Repaying favors for the way I did the same

So I could push you away

I know I'm not the one to save a favored smile for derangement

But if I could save some face

Then could I ask you to stay

In another life

There'd be no room for such rhetorical bullshit

If only I could find

Justification in whatever I thought I was proving

I've got a knack for turning distance into space

So graciously I gave an out before allowing your embrace

I'm so afraid of hanging onto any semblance of elate

Innately I'm just scared to change

But that's a phrase used for engagement

I know I'm not that guy so emphatically estranged

But so deserving of offense

I know you think that I

Don't give a fuck so here's my best

I guess that's better than nothing

In another life

There'd be no room for such rhetorical bullshit

If only I could find

The words to say I've finally found a breath worth holding