you've been playing with my heart strings
like a kitten with a ball of yarn

you touch me gently and explore the way i feel
turning your head to examine me
waiting for me to move
daring me to run away

then you pounce and hold me in your fists
tumbling and crandling me in your arms
kisses and rough play
leave me alittle unraveled
but still sitting and waiting for more

but as my laughter fades you turn and walk away
intrigued by some other fantasy
off exploring new senses
you leave me alittle unraveled...
but still waiting for more

i lose track of time
days and nights blur as i wait in the same place
thinking of you and how you play with my heart strings
my ends are beginning to fray and the floor feels cold and hard
i see you approcahing slowly and excitement and fear take hold

so slowly you walk without care
to where i wait and examine me again with new eyes
remembering the last time you felt me in your arms
curoius if our playtime will be the same
and you decided to give it a second try

alittle rougher this time and shorter too
you seem agitated with me, am not playing my part well enough
trying to feel what we did before, but sensing how unnatural it is
i have waited here patiently, what more did you need?

with a not so playfull slap you send me on my way
a dark corner awaits, and alittle more of me unravels
so i sit and watch you in my forgotten place
as you go about your days with other thoughts and other worries
and many other playthings that you abuse and leave laying on the floor

I start to see how you played with my heart strings
you never felt the way i did, i wasn't special enough to take care of
you knew i would always be waiting here,
unraveling yet hopeful that you would look at me like i was new

I see you glance in my direction
as you do at the wall or the remote on the coffee table
expecting me there, unraveled and unchanged, waiting for you
just a memory, almost forgtotten if not for the daily reminder
that i am still where u left me, which makes you feel safe
knowing that if you change your mind i can be easily found

today i have decided to pull myself together
i am leaving this house and you and all our memories
i do not know what is around the corner
or how many times my heart strings will ache at your memory
or how many times i will have to fight the urge to look for you
or how many times i will hope that someday you will flatter me with your time and attention

but either way I am leaving
unraveled no more
waiting no more