You can build a house,
but I can start a fire.
You can spread your seeds,
but I can spread mine farther.
Are you good enough?
Yes--now help me save the others.
We are all the same,
fathers daughters sons and mothers.
Why would I ask for the moon?
Leave her be, and let us admire.
Why do I need all these rooms
when all I want is a roof and a fire?
No, not even those,
if I'm being quite plain;
sometimes we have to be
cold in the rain.
Don't make me wear clothes
if I don't want to wear them.
I won't make you swear
to be faithful and handsome.
I know you're devoted,
I just needed space.
It's hard to find meaning
in time or in place.
Oh boy who cries wolf,
Oh girl who sees stars,
I hope that you read this
and know who you are.
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