There are so many reasons why you never should:
Often I'm too serious, seldom predictably the same,
Sometimes cold and distant, probably I'll always change.
I bluster and brag, seek attention like a child,
I brood and out, my anger can be wild,
But I will make you laugh
And love you quite a bit
And be near you when you're afraid.
I shake a little almost everyday
Because I'm more frightened than the strangers ever know
And if at times I show my trembling side
(The anxious, fearful part I hide)
I wonder,
Will you be my friend?
A friend
Who, when I fear your closeness, feels me push away and
Stubbornly will stay to share what's left on such a day,
Who, when no one knows my name or calls me
On the phone
When there's no concern for me - what I have
Or haven't done -
And those I've helped and counted on have,
Oh so deftly, run,
Who, when there's nothing left but me,
Stripped of charm and subtlety,
Will nonetheless remain.
(C) James Kavanaugh
Often I'm too serious, seldom predictably the same,
Sometimes cold and distant, probably I'll always change.
I bluster and brag, seek attention like a child,
I brood and out, my anger can be wild,
But I will make you laugh
And love you quite a bit
And be near you when you're afraid.
I shake a little almost everyday
Because I'm more frightened than the strangers ever know
And if at times I show my trembling side
(The anxious, fearful part I hide)
I wonder,
Will you be my friend?
A friend
Who, when I fear your closeness, feels me push away and
Stubbornly will stay to share what's left on such a day,
Who, when no one knows my name or calls me
On the phone
When there's no concern for me - what I have
Or haven't done -
And those I've helped and counted on have,
Oh so deftly, run,
Who, when there's nothing left but me,
Stripped of charm and subtlety,
Will nonetheless remain.
(C) James Kavanaugh
♥