Gravity In Your Teeth

You said

"Relax

It's not that deep"

While picking battles from your teeth

You turn the volume up on you

Then ask me why my face is blue

You twist your words like copper wire

Say it's a joke

Then call me tired

You say I'm always so intense

You throw a match

Then play defense

You call it love

I call it gravity in your teeth

Dragging every promise down

Down with me

You say I'm loud

But you keep shouting underneath

If this is love

It's gravity

Gravity in your teeth

You keep the score in tiny cuts

A quiet ledger in your gut

You say I'm lucky you still care

Then roll your eyes at my blank stare

You turn my doubts into a dare

Ask why I'm “making it a thing” mid-air

You call me fragile

Then you push

Then ask me why I never trust

I’ve been shrinking just to fit your frame

Folding

Folding till I lose my name

[whispered vocals] "Lighten up"

You chant it like a spell on me

But I’m heavier than you believed