Misfit

Don’t listen to them

They’re telling lies

I’m not crazy, I swear

No matter what they’ve left you to surmise.

I’ll show you what I mean

Just take my hand

There is a place I go to think

In a faraway land

It’s where I recoil

In hopes of solitude

Blocking myself off to others

Being mistaken for attitude

Really I need to be alone

Other people scare me

With their rules and twitching smiles

Telling me who to be.

For years I’ve blocked the exits

With rivers of tears weighing me down

But somehow I’ve opened up again

A straggler in a deserted town

If it isn’t a hassle

And you had the time

Would it matter to you

If I invite you sometime

Into this world I keep barricaded

From other scary things

Because you’re the only one

Who’s noticed the stubs of my wings

All I ask of you

Is to not let me down

Because that’s the whole reason

There’s a permanent frown

On the place that used to smile

Over nothing much at all

Until I realized what a cruel world this is

And my grin started to fall

Now I am all alone

But you were the first to try and mend

My broken past and heart

So your way this message I send

I remember what happiness feels like

When I’m around you

I can only hope that

I make you feel like that too.

The problem is I’ve forgotten

How to express how I feel

I can’t control how I act

So please don’t turn your heel

I hope you know how much I care

There’s only so much I can do

When the impenetrable walls of my fortress

Can let no one through

If by some chance

It all works out in time

Honestly answer this question:

Would you be mine?