Do You Care If I Stay?

So happy I am unhappy,
Give me a reason to go out to the city,
To sit and watch you give your heart to somebody else,
Whilst you keep mine tethered to your bed.
I’m too tired to leave now—
Do you care if I stay?

You can put on your favorite film,
And I’ll try to think of something clever to say.
These crowded rooms make me dizzy,
I guess I am a delicate man.
I sit and watch you dance with bodies,
Whilst chugging shots to untie the knots
Impeding air from getting to my lungs.

I’m sorry if I do let things get out of hand,
I am a delicate man—
And oh!
You’ve shattered me so many times,
But I’m too tied to you now.
Do you care if I stay?

May 10th, 2023