All around the mulberry bush
you chased me
and granted,
I wanted to be caught,
but it still hurt when you
took me down
like a linebacker at the superbowl

I'm a girl
who stands on her own
who refuses to lean on men like crutches
and won't be dragged down
without a fight

So whenever I let myself fall
I break a bone and end up
needing help
but he's always long gone
by then