DON'T CALL ME

(Don't Want To See You)

Don't call me, I don't want to see you

Yesterday you called, but I let it drop

Nine times you called, nine times I ignored

Was at a meeting, I was taking minutes

But I was glad to be occupied

Cause never-mind, 

I didn't want to talk to you

You always take, you hardly give.

I knew for a fact that you wanted me

Again to help you with something—

Didn't have to know what,

That's just how you roll,

And life is like fishroll.

But I have my own things to solve

And my own life to live

I wasn't born for you to live,

I'm a grown man, I'm not a child.

Don't mistake my silence cause I'm not wild

I opened a gate, you shoved it wide

I learned my lessons like a flash card.

There's a fear that perhaps I'm proud

That what goes around may come around

That perhaps, I block my blessings

But with you, I learned hard lessons.

You said you don't like being a bother

Well, you are.

It's time to put that into practice,

Don't plan your life around mine

Makes me feel like I wasted time.

Can remember 

All the times I came through for you

All what I passed— through all my troubles,

You came out smelling like bubbles

While I was buried under the rubble.

It's painful you don't keep your word,

You make me cry out, O Lord!

You criticize those you're better than

But that makes you worse.

You criticize those worse than you

But you're not really better than.

But I can't deny the good times,

Despite the broken promises,

I know for a fact you love me,

But I'm not bound to you.

So I'll remember the good times

And cherish them.

What I took from you,

And cherish them.

But for now, please don't call me;

Things are hectic and difficult,

And I don't want to see you.

You make me stay away,

Whenever I'm there,

You remind me why I stay away

Always an errand for me today

Something to do tomorrow

I keep silent in sorrow.

Let me live, let me breathe

You can be difficult to swallow

Don't consider me callow

I'm a grown man, I'm not a child.

It's not goodbye, but stay away,

I'll still come around again

But for now, please understand

Like I want to hide underground

It's not goodbye, but I'll stay away...

© el-iyanu