If You Do

If you want quiet

I'll be a wall

If you want fire

I'll take the fall

If the world claws through your skin

I'll be what doesn't cave in

You keep your shoes by the door

Like trust is a trap you survive

Talk soft but scan every window

Like you're waiting to bolt or to fight

I'm not here to hold you back

But I won't pretend not to care

You don't have to need me now

But I'll always be there

I've stood in rooms on fire

And never asked for the hose

If you think no one stays

Then stay long enough to know

If you break I'll crack

If you cry I'll stay

If you shout I won't flinch

If you push I won't sway

I don't need a prettier truth

I just need the raw from you

You don't need to bend to fit me

You just need to tell the truth

If you do

Then I do too

You wear calm like it's armour

But I know the war behind your teeth

You want to believe I'm different

You just don't trust relief

I've held hands that shook

And never let go once

If you're not looking for mercy

Then I won't come soft

If you break I'll crack

If you cry I'll stay

If you shout I won't flinch

If you push I won't sway

I don't need a prettier truth

I just need the raw from you

You don't need to bend to fit me

You just need to tell the truth

If you do

Then I do too

Let the storm call your name

I won't flinch I won't tame

They don't get what you are

But I'm not afraid of scars

You can be wild be wired be steel

I'll still reach and I'll still feel

If you tear

I'll rip too

If you burn

I'll run through