stay

stay

i could be much better

i could be a boy

i could be more alive

i could sing you that song you like

i could stop crying

i could be more obedient

i could take out all the piercings

i could be more quiet

i could be a brand new person

i could even change my name

i could go back to the way I was before

i could cut all my hair and change my clothes

i could unlike girls

i could erase all these tattoos

i could study harder

i could show more affections

i could say sorry and thank you, repeatedly

i could be anything you wanted me to be

i will stay in my shell

i won’t break out, i won’t go far away

i won’t be resentful, i won’t hold this grudge

i will be here, be good and kind

i will beg for once in my life

don’t get on that boat

please

stay with us

we need you

I need you.

t.l.