I will wait for you

As you hold your breath and tighten all your senses

And follow the crowd as if on key.

I will wait for you

As you nod your head and fall in a long endless line

To strap a life-stifling device and jump off a cliff in some unknown merriment.

I will wait for you

As you pucker your face yet don the costume

To dive into that 12/24ft pool because you were told it’s a life skill.

I will wait for you

As you scale some unseen and unending heights at the workplace

Because you never asked yourself if that’s where you wanted to be.

I will wait for you

As you sway and twist your heart, body and soul into accepting

What those in your life tell you to do.

I will wait for you

As you get into a time loop

And endlessly try to fit and fall in and conform to everything and everyone.

I will wait for you

As you look up one day

And say to yourself, “why can’t I just be”.

I will wait for you

For the day you look within and meet me in the eyes, our eyes

And say why strive to fit in when I was born to stand apart.