Steal My Voice Poem by Maya Hanson

I've always wanted to write
a song about a perfect world
but I don't want to replace reality

I've always wanted to sing
a rhyme about a you-and-I
that would explode shooting stars

I've always wanted to love
in a life that mirrors my dreams
but now I sit and think too hard

And in a beautiful world I would stop and stare
And in my dream life you would take my hand
And in a perfect song you would steal my voice
And the song would go like this

I've always wanted to become
everything I imagine,
everything I bleed on paper

I've always wanted to run
free of the strings binding me lonely
tearing me apart

I've always wanted to pretend
we're everything I wished we'd be
so I cry over shavings you toss me

But in a beautiful world I would catch you ten times
And in my dream life you would chase after me
And in a perfect song you would steal my voice
And the song would go like this

And you know you'll never understand
why you can make me cry
just reaching half a chance at you

When you steal my breath
you steal my song
but it still finds a way to pour out of me

because you've stolen the words
that belong to you
as I write them from inside your soul

And in a beautiful world I would make you believe
And in my dream life you would be able to fix me
And in a perfect song you would steal my voice
And the song would go like this