☽ Safety Zone

[image source - Lee Hi (Youtube)]

A story ~ Safety Zone

It looks like I learned my lesson.

But for what?

So you could text me that in the end, you still wanted to be friends with me?

In your defence, 

I asked you tons and tons of questions, just so I could get to know you.

I watched you pour on about your passions, your family, your entire life story, just so I could get to know you.

I fell deeper and deeper, because I knew more about you.

But was all of that enough?

In the basement of your best friend's house, the only thing between you and me was the velveteen fur of a smirking kitty, and both of our hands teasing it.

That's all it was supposed to be.

Nothing more, nothing else.

But then,

"Why don't we stay here a bit longer?" You said.

I almost choked. 

That wasn't in the script.

"Why?" I asked, cautiously.

"...is it because of me?" I was supposed to say.

"Well..." you take a pause, "they can always come down here. And we don't have to go upstairs, really."

Sure,

Though cats are dangerous things to play with.

Curious but territorial; creatures with such trust issues should carry yellow tape, but don't. They literally fiddle with daggers for fingers.

Talk about a loyal friend...

"No," I decided to say, with a wince.

But, caution tapes are cat toys. 

And delectable words, make for a delectable boy.

"The cat will always be there, so let's go upstairs." I said. 

For a second,

You had me thinking that I could trust you.

Somehow you stretched the boundaries of my safe zone,

And it made me so badly want to wrap it around you,

Keeping the two of us here, together.

Everyone always told me that boundaries are made so chances can't be taken. Though, I didn't want to believe them.

I wanted to believe in you but...

I guess not.

Months later and it turns out,

We were both undercover cats this entire time.

I tried to talk to you, and you tried to talk to me,

But that fluorescent, yellow tape,

Kept being too irresistible for our fingertips.

|ω・`)ﾉ Hi..

While listening to this song:

You could look at.....how complicated trust is.

You could be with.....anyone.

You could do something.....that makes you think of a time in your life when you didn't know whether you should trust someone, or not.

You could eat or drink.....blue cheese. I've never tried it, but turns out it looks bad, but it tastes good.

You could remember that.....if you're a person who doesn't trust others easily, I feel you. I hope it doesn't cause you as much grief as it causes me. Sometimes, I wish I could give my whole heart to someone, but then I realize, why I enforced such boundaries in the first place...

It's not really something you can force either, right? It's just something that comes with time and mistakes. So when you see the next chance to trust someone, I hope you can take it, like I should have when I had the chance.

Artist: Lee Hi

[Secret Story of a Song]