untangle

I’m quiet chaos in borrowed skin A trembling pulse I try to hide I learned to fold all the noise within Keep every fear tucked deep inside I don’t fall apart, I fade away I don’t ask much, I rarely stay Untangle me when I pull away When I get scared and cannot stay Untangle me, don’t let me leave Hold me close when I can’t breathe I flinch at warmth like it might burn I brace for loss before it’s there There’s a softer part I never turn Toward open hands or open air I don’t speak up when I’m afraid I let my needs just slowly fade Untangle me when I pull away When I get scared and cannot stay Untangle me, don’t let me leave Hold me close when I can’t breathe There’s a child curled beneath my ribs Holding her breath so she won’t be left She doesn’t know how love just lives Without a cost or coming theft If you are patient with the knots If you are gentle when I freeze You might find the girl I’m not The one who only wants to be Untangle me when I pull away When I get scared and cannot stay Untangle me, don’t let me leave Hold me close when I can’t breathe I am not loud when I’m in pain I just grow small and hard to see If you can love me through the strain Please, untangle me