I always do this to myself
Get so close to someone
So close that commitment is within a hands reach
And then I shrink, I get small
I hide like a mouse just trying to stay warm
I dig my hole deep like a mole escaping the hot sun
I hide my secrets,
My feelings, my thoughts
In a tree like a squirrel stocking up for winter

And then I sit like a robin on a branch
While you fly off to another
I lay in the sun like a lioness on a rock
Sulking away, always aware of what’s around me
I won’t fight, I couldn’t have expected you to stay
Maybe I just wanted to be a labrador
And always be by your side
We may not have ended up as doves
But we could’ve always been wolves