I Told Myself

You think I’m goofy

You call me fun

We laugh at the weird things

We play, we run

We get caught up

In the blurred lives we lead

Which are spinning in circles

Faster than we need

This is all still a mess

We fit far too well

I told myself no

“Not now” I yell

But then you reached out

And said that I was the one

Who could pick you up from a fall

and show you the sun

When we first kissed

The world fell apart

My eyes became heavy

A deep knot in my heart

This is all still a mess

We fit far too well

I told myself no

“Not now” I yell

And now I wake up

To your smiling face

A kiss on the forehead

A warm loving embrace

We stand here together

Not knowing how we got where we are

I’ve learned not to question it

We’ve come much too far

And even through it all

This is still such a mess

We fit far too well

But now I tell myself yes

-Galen Hartwell