Bird In the Dark

I don't like being here

And here is not where we're sitting

It's the way you stare back at me

And yet say nothing

Oh my dear

Yes, my darling?

Please don't stop coming 'round

I just found a place we can live

Together in the city

Hold on now

We're so close to home

But perched on my arm

There's a bird in the dark

Pleading with me in kind

You still have time

Look outside—I can't believe it

The rain has stopped; the moon is out

But I don't believe it will dry

Come the morning

The things I've said— all I've done

I'm afraid if we're one

I won't learn from them

I won't grow from them

I won't be better

So don't blink now

I'll miss it if I do

And perched on my arm

There's a bird in the dark

Pleading with me in kind

He says don't lose your way

Don't you dare stay

Locked in one place in time

'Cause I remember those days

It's so hard to allay

The fear of wasted rhyme

So don't look over your shoulder

You will grow older

You don't need to look for signs

You still have time

You still have time