I Try - Heather Woods Broderick

I try, I try, I try

I try, I try, I try

To not flounder in the sheets of rain coming in sideways

To not bridle at the darkness shivering through me

To not follow the draft of the leaves, we’re always falling to their beast

To not be the motionless body of the honeybee, but to have the stinger in me

I try, I try, I try

I try, I try, I try

To wake and keep the morning quiet before the world starts seeping in

To carefully go and gently leave the hearts of my closest friends

To slow down, to look around, I need to learn to breathe again

To know each fear that may dwell in me, befriend them, and turn ‘em to the wind

(Over and over again)

I try, I try, I try

(Over and over again)

I try, I try, I try

(Over and over again)

I try, I try, I try

(Over and over again)

I try, I try, I try