we've been running our whole lives

i'm on fire

it burns

i'm running

praying i make the right turns

do no more harm

dont make reality of my concerns 

but no matter how hard i try

i cant seem to catch up to my yearns

I've been running my whole life

running after everything i wish to acquire

I've been running after approval

trying to catch up to validation

fulfilling expectations

and living up to peoples manifestations

its a never ending race

trying to be perfect

trying to be enough

trying to be what they expect

you've been running your whole life too

running away from everything and everyone trying to trap you

running away from their gazes and glances

their ever-present judgement

running away from their expectations

their disappointment

running away from the uncomfortability

and uncertainty

of being someone special to me