I tip toe around you
And hold back how I feel to
Respect that you don’t like
To feel at all
I watch my words as they travel
Out of my mouth and
I don’t know how you’ll react
Sometimes you don’t
And I feel so alone
My words lost in space
And I can’t get them back
I don’t want the distance
Between us to grow
I’m tired of trying to read you
When we met you expressed
Yourself so much so
I didn’t think that I would need to
But now I just tip toe around you
And what gives you the right
To treat me like
What you think about is so sacred?
Why can’t you try
To let me inside?
We lay silent
Intertwined
Naked
It’s not in my nature
To try and hold back
Maybe that drew you to me
But the more time we spend
Together
The less I feel open and free
To tell you what’s on my mind
And trust you’ll be sensitive to
The person I am
I wish you’d understand
But instead
I just tip toe around you