You used to trust me.
You used to listen
when I talked to you,
used to seem
like the words I shared
might have value,
might be true to you
at least a little.

There’s a faith
in me
that seems gone
when we talk,
like you’re tired of the words
and are trying to read beneath them
to decode from language a deeper
more accurate meaning.
You think that I’m playing you
all the time.

Do you know how hard
it can be
to be doubted so regularly?
I don’t want you to question every proclamation,
debate every statement.
I’m tired of all your belief that I’m wrong,
that I’m lying,
that I’ve failed
yet again.

I want it to be
like it was when we met
and you believed me
didn’t fight to get at the truth
behind everything.

I just want you
to trust me again
cuz otherwise,
I have no idea
how I’ll get you
your money back.