3 AM and my phone lights up, "You up? Something happened, I need you up," No details yet, just "call me now," Five years of practice, we know how. We built this thing in the dark somehow, Nobody taught us, we just showed up now, Not therapists, not perfect, not always right, Just answering the phone at 3 AM every night. This is the group chat that raised me back up, The hands that showed up with the casserole and the cup, Not blood, not vows, just showing up anyway, This is the only church that ever let me stay. We're not soft, we're not saints, we're not always kind to each other, But when it's real, when it's bad, we drop everything for each other, Say the group chat name and watch us all appear, This is the only safety I've ever had here. Bailed her out at 2, held her hair at 3, Sat outside the courtroom just so she wouldn't be Alone in that hallway with all those men, We've done this dance, we'll do it again. Nobody's coming to save us, so we learned to save ourselves, Passed the number down like something off the shelves, "Text when you're home," "text when you're safe," Building our own net out of the wreckage of the state. This is the group chat that raised me back up, The hands that showed up with the casserole and the cup, Not blood, not vows, just showing up anyway, This is the only church that ever let me stay. We're not soft, we're not saints, we're not always kind to each other, But when it's real, when it's bad, we drop everything for each other, Say the group chat name and watch us all appear, This is the only safety I've ever had here. (warmer, almost gentle bridge) You don't have to earn this, You don't have to perform this, Just say the word and we're already moving, This is what the fighting's for — proving we don't leave. We don't leave. We don't fucking leave. This is the group chat that raised me back up, The hands that showed up with the casserole and the cup, Not blood, not vows, just showing up anyway, This is the only church that ever let me stay. Say the group chat name and watch us all appear, This is the only safety — this is the only family — I've ever had here.
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