Time Bomb

You used to throw gourds out the window

And I'd cover my mouth, laughing

You'd eat your broccoli with ketchup and cottage cheese

We look kind of the same

But you're different because you're a time bomb

You're not my strawberry girl

I know I'm awkward around myself

But this isn't fun anymore

You make me feel obsolete

And it's taken so long for me

To ignore you

And I'm so proud of myself

I never could predict the moment

When I'd be thrown in the closet

And I'd be stuck in there for months

Sitting locked in the dark

Mushed into my clothes

I'm much too afraid to ask you

To let me out of here

And start over without you