To My Overly Cautious Dear

I have learnt in many ways to cope with you Your satisfying number of sounding clicks The way you keep me at peace and out of harm's way I've learnt in many ways to love you so A perfectionist An obnoxious pleaser of self It hits me the most at night when you remind me to lock the door I go down the stairs check the door then you decide to inspect the kitchen too just like the night before We weren't even home, we ate out and no one's used the stove in two days You made me hate having people over, at least we get picky about it now Who used my restroom without flushing it down anyway? They are obviously not a perfectionist Or an obnoxious pleaser of self like you But I can't help but love you It hits me the most in the dark when I'm trying to sleep No one came over but go check the bathroom We go back and forth, light on, light off, let's flicker away in slow motion Just to be sure If anyone put it in a time lapse, we would have made about seven trips in the dark back to back because it made you feel better A perfectionist An obnoxious pleaser of self Tonight I just want to sleep but to please you we can sure take a trip around the house. One of these days you need to have mercy on me That's when I hit my right leg I already know where this going, let's hit the other one too I know you're sorry and you can't help it, but you have to calm down one of these days You make me look crazy in my own home Bed-head and all How unsatisfying