Raices

When you’re stretched too thin 
And you find it hard to breathe 
Just wait a little bit for me
So I can teach you to stand still 

Even if I can’t do it myself 
I will rip both of my eyes off
So you can finally see
I will rip both my legs off
So you can have something to stand with
And when I have nothing else to give 
I will hand my heart in 
To your calloused hands
That have bled out from trying

And I’ll confine to you my thoughts 
The ones that don’t make sense at all
So you can cherish them and remember
All the good memories I have saved of you
So you can see yourself from my eyes 
And realize, how perfect you are 
How flawless you look, how quickly you talk
How with a single move 
you can make a whole new star 

All I need for you to know
Is that if you’re in a dead void
And you don’t have anything to hold on to 
I will be by your side after only my soul’s left
And even if I’m too broken for you to mimic
Or too lost for you to find me 
I’m grateful you have my heart 
Because you could’ve never broken it in any pieces 
because all the things you touch 
Come alive in new raíces.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023


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