I’m constantly comparing
Myself to you, complicated
By complexities, you and I
Entwined, keeping me here
Locked in your obstacles.
Overcoming nothing, overcome
By everything, we rest together
In the shade of an unclimbed tree
Filled with fruits, out of reach
But dying to be picked, to be
Wanted, like the boy picked last
By the bully you were back then
Lacking confidence, you rip it
From me like you rip it from others
So I tear myself from your brambles
Leaving behind the pieces you
Couldn’t let go, and I’m climbing
Your damned tree, and claiming
Your damned fruit, living my life
With you left in the shade
Of the grove that overgrows you
From all the seeds I left behind
With a little confidence.. but
There’s no end, I’m trapped here
There’s no end to this forest,
There’s no end to me and you
And you and me, there’s only me
Because I’m the only one here
And that’s always been the truth
This is my space, and I let you grow
Whatever you wanted here, but
I wish I hadn’t, I wish I’d learned
How to run along the tops of these
Canopies, and get the hell out of here
The world down there is brambles
But at least I’ll keep out of reach,
Up here in my wooded throne
I can live with these trees, hell
I can even become one, I’m free,
I’m in control of these branches
I can think on my own, I don’t need
You, I need you overcome, buried
In my roots where you belong.