I Keep Running Into Her

I still believe you're there inside 

Hidden in and under and away behind 

The person you are trying to show you've

Become through the eyes in your head. 

     I know if I could only look you in the eye 

           Surprise you

                     Shock you

           Show you I don't believe you for a second 

             You'd unzip yourself from the top of your head

                Underneath your hairline and step out of your

                   Winter skin before it consumes you. 

                       It's not fair, that you should disappear 

                             Into blackness, deeper despair. 

                                     Before you even realize you want out

and can't get out

Can't get out

Can't get out

Like an overly tight dress on a self- conscious girl,

Suffocating and frightening. 

Get out 

Come out 

Come out of this skin. I beg of you.

Cover yourself in your old t-shirts and red-colored jeans.

Purple shoes... Kind eyes. 

Put on your Bullet For My Valentine 

Shirt and knock on my front door. 

But please don't wait for me to answer it,

Just come right in. As you always did. 

Walk into my kitchen like you used to

And hug me from behind. 

Remind yourself of who you are inside.

Come out of this skin.

It's already changing your chin!

It's absorbed your mouth... Your cheek!

Don't let it spread to your hands, your heart, your feet. 

                     Don't do this for her, for him, or for me.

              Do it for happiness. For life. And for yourself. Be free! 

        That's all I want for you. 

    I want you, for you. 

I need you to fight for you. 

    Truly, I do. 

        But don't forget me
           when you leave in search of you. 

               Don't forget me...
                   On this...I won't relent

                             Don't forget

                                         -Her, The One You Finally Bent