Play 23 - Womanifesto 2

Hold me
if I ask you to
but make sure you let me go
if I ask you to
but not if I don't really mean it
that's the psychological bit
I don't mean physically
physically always let me go
unless we have some sort of understanding
a safe word
but sometimes I want you to fight for me
and I'll not tell you when
but be upset if you get it wrong
I'm sorry
I don't mean to be complicated

Love me
if we're lovers
But more than that find a way to let me love myself
and then you'll be okay
let me seek the things I need to seek
pursuit the things I need to pursuit 
fail
and fail again
be wrong
but not wronged
so hold me
but don't hold me down
if that makes sense
it sounds more complicated than it really is

Leave me be
when all the words come crumbling
and the room starts spinning
and I need to figure it all out
don't offer to figure it out for me
I've got this
if you'll just give me some space
I respect yours
can you just
for a moment
respect mine

Trust me
no really
trust me
no seriously
trust me
as in believe me when I tell you something
anything
believe me
and trust that I know
I'm not making things up
not ill informed
I don't need you to decode anything
I need you to listen
and when you do
believe what I say
trust me
like I trust you

Leave me be
on the bus
on the pavement
on the dancefloor
on the website comment section
I'm not here for you
I'm here for me
it's rsvp only
and you're not invited
That sounds so aggressive, doesn't it
but if someone showed up at your house and demanded you heard them out
paid them attention
uninvited
you'd tell them where to stick it
(clue, it's not in me)

Leave me be
I'll get on with it
I've got this
or at least as much as you
but if I ask you
to hold me
to love me
to trust me
will you?
Will you just let me be me
paradoxes and all
I'll try and let you be you
whoever that is
I'll respect your space
give you time
let you go
hold you tight
if you want
I'd like to be equals
not rivals
I'll fight for you
if you fight for me

And then
one day
one sunny day
we can 
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