By ZoE
Date: 9 October 1998

Lets just be ourselves

i have a bruise on my knee
gets bigger everytime you look at me
magnifies my inadequacies
'cause it was you and me in your apple tree
tried to cover up all those wounds
but i think of us
maybe how we could've been
now we're shattered
i tried to give you a kiss
you repel me
send me in crazy circles
i bite my nails to the point they bleed
can't you just be with me?
do i restrict you with my childish ideas
do i stalk you during the night in dreams
do i show you how you really are?
does that scare you?
maybe 'cause boy don't forget
i know all about you
more than you seem to show nowadays
didn't think a kiss could hurt you
i exhale against the rainy window paine of the bus
drawing little hearts in the fog and crossing them out
we got here on the bare stability of uniting
now i'm alone
the shade of the pavement's a little darker or maybe i just never noticed
how dark it always was until i lost you
my wripped tights fray
thought i could thank you for making me see how microscopic we really are