maybe you don't have to fall in love
like falling off a cliff
maybe you don't have to fall in love
like a fuzzy sock and a conductor
like a spark in a dark room
maybe you don't have to fall in love
in a way that consumes you
in a way that makes you never
breathe when you're apart
maybe you don't have to fall in love
so that you don't remember what
it feels to sit alone and tell your
story to people you do not love
maybe you don't have to fall in love
so that every inch of your skin
has touched the mouth of another
so that every edge of your mind
you think that you have surrendered
maybe you don't have to fall in love
so that you would scoop yourself out
so that you think every moment about
the consequences so that you are so
completely more than one
maybe you don't have to fall in love
at all.