Penelope

Your sudden reappearance in my life is surprising and exasperating. 
We cut ties, and I was left utterly alone, don’t you remember?
After you I was alone in the prison of thoughts I had built for myself. 

Being a teenager means… 

• Letting go of old friendships even when you don't want to
• Getting up every time we fall down, which is more often than we can count
• Getting a bad grade on a test and vowing to study harder next tim

I feel you drifting from my arms
We've come too far
It's been too long. 
I miss you
Can't you see? 
It's me and you till the end
That's the way it's supposed to be. 
But it's getting hard for me. 

Cry me a river
Now won't you darling?
Drown me in the salty waters
Only to pull me out
And twirl me in your arms. 
Cry me a river
Now won't you darling?
Take me by the hand 
And extort my longings

I scrub my head hard as if to wash away my sins 
With non-organic shampoo that smells like artificial happiness.
Let the water run down my pale skin, 
Drown me in my sorrows.
Let the water pool at my feet