Elucidating Questions

So, you, me, what do you need?

I need to be safe

Can I do this in a way you, we, will feel safe?

Arm’s length

Barely touching fingers

I can do that

I told them it’d be terrifying if I found my voice

Did you want to see if I’d use it?

Somehow I’ll keep us safe

For one reason only

Because I want to keep me in the past safe

I don’t know exactly how, but I’ll navigate this mine field for us

You’d better be grateful to present me, past me

You didn’t even imagine I’d exist

If you asked me at any given time I’d say today is the last

So many yesterdays that I didn’t want to see end

Because I didn’t want to see tomorrow

No, me, is always unexpected

They don’t know that

They treat me as granted

A lost promise of I’ll always be there

I would tell them all they’re lucky I’m here

But they wouldn’t hear it

How foolish, to believe I’d continue

Are you going to try to spin it as them believing in me?

取り敢えず

You’ve managed to grab me for now

I always want to find somewhere safe

Been searching for so long

For now I’ll keep this tiny light safe

For whatever reason

I can practically feel your satisfaction

It’s so nice when things go as planned, eh?

Silly bean

Won’t you please loan me a human for a bit?

I just think, above all, what younger me wants is companionship

More than anything

It’s what I want

So, while I navigate this minefield

Won’t you please lend me a person?