Grow
Little girl in my bathroom mirror,
She seems confused.
Her eyes are a unicorn’s hair away from dripping over.
Her hands clenching a doll out of anger.
“Why?” She asks me, chocolate coated lips turned downwards.
“Why don’t YOU cry?”
I don’t answer, cause it’s not worth trying to explain.
How I go from a mammal, to a fish in a flash.
She stares me down though, blue-raspberry eyes wet from anger.
“Why?” She asks me, crayola fingers scratching the glass.
“Why do YOU give up?”
I don’t answer, cause it’s not worth trying to explain.
How I go from inspired, to manic-depressive in a heartbeat.
She lowers her face, liquid sunshine dripping down her cheeks.
“Why?” She asks me, through princess-friendly sniffles,
“Why do YOU not believe?”
I don’t answer, cause it’s not worth trying to explain.
How I go from fairy watching, to cynical in a channel surfing haze.
She turns away from me, her back quivering with sobs.
“Why?” She asks me, curling her muddy toes out of frustration.
“Why do YOU even want me?”
I wipe my eyes, and press my hands to the glass.
“Cause.” I tell her, frogs burning in my throat.
“Without you, I have no reason to wake up.”
She says nothing, but looks over her ninja turtle shell.
Cause she knows it’s not worth trying to explain.
How she is just me, locked up tight.
Waiting for me to realize, it’s time to grow down again.
She seems confused.
Her eyes are a unicorn’s hair away from dripping over.
Her hands clenching a doll out of anger.
“Why?” She asks me, chocolate coated lips turned downwards.
“Why don’t YOU cry?”
I don’t answer, cause it’s not worth trying to explain.
How I go from a mammal, to a fish in a flash.
She stares me down though, blue-raspberry eyes wet from anger.
“Why?” She asks me, crayola fingers scratching the glass.
“Why do YOU give up?”
I don’t answer, cause it’s not worth trying to explain.
How I go from inspired, to manic-depressive in a heartbeat.
She lowers her face, liquid sunshine dripping down her cheeks.
“Why?” She asks me, through princess-friendly sniffles,
“Why do YOU not believe?”
I don’t answer, cause it’s not worth trying to explain.
How I go from fairy watching, to cynical in a channel surfing haze.
She turns away from me, her back quivering with sobs.
“Why?” She asks me, curling her muddy toes out of frustration.
“Why do YOU even want me?”
I wipe my eyes, and press my hands to the glass.
“Cause.” I tell her, frogs burning in my throat.
“Without you, I have no reason to wake up.”
She says nothing, but looks over her ninja turtle shell.
Cause she knows it’s not worth trying to explain.
How she is just me, locked up tight.
Waiting for me to realize, it’s time to grow down again.