Falling

You don't understand me
I doubt you ever will
Played it safe, never took a chance
I swallowed life's bitter pill
You stood back from the edge
While I faltered on a ledge
But you caught me just in time
I was falling, falling
Unstitched, stitch by stitch
Unravelling slowly
Trace my every seam with your fingertips
Then you'll really know me
The sound of my breathing
The outline of my face
So that even when I'm far from you
No one can take my place.

2011 © LH