Please don't come running

please don’t
come running
r u n n i n g
r u n n i n g
your way
back into me

i do not want
to be there
w a i t i n g

i do not want
to be there
h o p i n g

although
i just might be
if you tell me,
darling,
that you will
come running
r u n n i n g
r u n n i n g
your way
back into me