Please Don’t Ask Me to Be Solid

I wake up half-made

Still warm at the edges

You put a name on me

Like I’m a finished thing

But I leak through the frame

I bend in the corner

Hold me too tightly

And I lose my shape

Don’t pin me down

I bruise that way

I need the blur

I need the sway

Please don’t ask me

To be solid

Please don’t ask me

To be solid

I’m still becoming

I’m still moving

Please don’t ask me

To be solid

I can be river glass

I can be smoke on the window

I can be almost there

And still not stand still

You want a clean outline

A yes that stays yes

But I’m a trembling light

In a room with no frame

Don’t pin me down

I bruise that way

I need the blur

I need the sway

Please don’t ask me

To be solid

Please don’t ask me

To be solid

I’m still becoming

I’m still moving

Please don’t ask me

To be solid

If I freeze too long

I go quiet inside

If I lock into place

Something slips from my hands

So let me be soft

Let me be sideways

Let me be a little

Hard to define

Please don’t ask me

To be solid

Please don’t ask me

To be solid

I’m still becoming

I’m still moving

Please don’t ask me

To be solid

Please don’t ask me

To be solid

Please don’t ask me

To be solid

I’m still becoming

I’m still moving

Please don’t ask me

To be solid