Fight For Me- Reading

I think you should fight for me.
I'm not very good at this.
I'm going to make mistakes-
say the wrong thing,
do the wrong thing.
Like I might,
hypothetically,
sleep with your best friend in a misguided attempt to get to know you better...
but not in a slutty way or anything!
In my defense
I met you both at the same time
and he made a move first
and I didn't know either one of you well enough
to know that it was you that I needed.
It was you.
It was always you...
And I think you should fight for me.

And just because I'm sleeping with him hypothetically
doesn't mean I don't need you,
in fact I'll stop
right now!
I don't think he's that serious about me anyway.
And even if he was
it wouldn't be fair to him
for me to want you so badly

like I do.

And I think,
if you fought for me,
I'd probably let you win.
I mean, that's probably why I move around so often anyway.
It's not to get away, really,
but to see what will happen
when I say goodbye;
if someone will stand up
and speak out
and ask me to stay.
And no one's ever asked me to stay before...

And I think you should fight for me, damn it!
...Because I fall
into your eyes
every time you look at me.
And my heart does that stupid
fluttery thing
every time I think about you...

And I know you have a history,
but you know what?
So do I.
And mine is chalk-full of people who wanted someone

else

the entire time
and now the tables have turned
and I want you
and the only thing I need
in order to start fighting for you
and to keep fighting for you
until the breath
leaves
my
body
is for you
to fight
for me
just...
just a little bit.

And I think you should fight for me

because no one has ever fought for me before
and the heart fluttering
and the stomach knotting
and the nervous
giggling,
that just doesn't happen
...like
ever!
And I think it's something to fight for...

And I think you should fight
for me.





Written Washington 2011