Love Harder

Float game, lie on your back and go deep out

Can't get to sleep, I've been sleeping for weeks now

Can’t open up, can’t stop myself speaking

The heat’s on, it’s freezing

Keep shouting; meaning might creep out

And give us all something to reach out and breathe in

Salty remarks from well-seasoned

Vets in the game whose inflections all change for no reason

Correcting my pronouns – it’s they/them

Or he/him also works

When it burns brighter, a lover like me learns to be a fighter

When it gets darker, a fighter like me learns to love harder

When it burns brighter, a lover like me learns to be a fighter

When it gets darker, a fighter like me learns to love harder

The family values these strangers uphold

Are melting under the heat of my presence

Sat in the hotel buffet, gold, shining so bright

These poor folks can’t eat their breakfast

Like what is that? Is that a…?

Never could place me, never could break me

If my existence threatens your safety

You need a little sweetness in your bowl, sugar

You’re too savoury

When it burns brighter, a lover like me learns to be a fighter

When it gets darker, a fighter like me learns to love harder

When it burns brighter, a lover like me learns to be a fighter

When it gets darker, a fighter like me learns to love harder