I Would, I Want

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I don't think they miss me,

They're too busy with their own lives.

Turning older,

day by day

never talking to me.

What's wrong,

with clutching the past?

What's wrong,

with wanting to stay where you are?

I've never wanted

to be rooted to the spot

but every three years,

That opinion is forgot.

I don't want to move on.

I don't want to grow old

I don't want to fade in the background

I don't want live my life on the road.

I hate moving from place to place

I just want to stay.

I want to settle down

I want to finish school

I want to be my own person

I want to show the world

I want to write all day

I want to read at night

I want to have a job

And I want to drive

If I could drive

I would drive far away

I'd drive and drive

until I found a place.

I would settle down

I would make more friends

I would be happy on my own

I would make the best of things.

I would run and run

as far as I could go

I would dream about my future

and the things I'd be able to do

I would party in every state

I would sleep on the county lines

I would live every day like it was my last

I would jump from a plane sky high.

I would eat at small diners

I would drive my whole life away

But now as I sit here..

I don't think I want to stay

It doesn't really matter what I want

I probably would never achieve it

but when you want something

I think maybe, just maybe

It would be worth every minute...

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