No Other Version

You left me
Without rearranging me
Without asking for an easier version
You saw the parts of me
I kept unfinished
And stayed until
I stopped preparing
To lose you
Hey hey.
Hey
You never made your tenderness a performance
Never filled the air with borrowed vows
You returned in all the quiet ways that
Mattered until staying.
Felt more honest
Than belief
Hey, hey, hey
If the years change everything around
Us, I will know you without needing proof.
By the way, I never disappear
Beside you.
By the freedom of remaining
Fully mine
Hey
You love me
Without rearranging me
Without asking for an easier version
You saw the parts of me
I kept unfinished
And stayed until
I stopped preparing
To lose you
You never made a tenderness
Of performance
Never fill the air
With borrowed vows
You returned in all the quiet ways that matter
Until staying felt more hest than belie
If the years change, everything around
Us will know you without needing proof
By the way, I never disappear beside you.
By the freedom of remaining fully mine
You love me
Without rearranging me
Without asking for an easier version
You saw the parts of me
I kept unfinished
And stayed until
I stopped lose