I keep buying all these things

But forgetting I have stuff

From Awareness Avenue

Like my Forever Ring

That says I am enough

I might believe it, too

 

(Why would I need you?)

 

I claim I need to be surrounded

By things that bring me joy

Dolls and clothes

That don’t fit anymore

Collecting dust

I say it’s for the view

 

(Why would I need you?)

 

This neighborhood is so loud

I don’t have space to think

But I bring my laptop downstairs

So that I can babysit

My sister really trusts me, huh

The kid isn’t even two

 

(Why would I need you?)

 

I’m a big girl

I have moved on

I don’t think about

All the times I messed up

 

I graduated

And got a real job

I’m operating

And nothing is wrong

 

I don’t write songs about you

When I have nothing else to do

Because I’m still unpacking

The horrors you put me through

 

I don’t depend on all the stuff

I buy to crowd me

To distract myself from

The thought that I’d be

Only ever loved

By somebody so crazy

 

I’m sure that I’m enough

I’m certain

My Forever Ring says so

Now, where did I put it?