If I fell from the top of a river
Would you watch until I hit the ground
Counting my fingers and teeth
Ounce for ounce, and pound for pound
Water rising and forcing a shiver
Fills my mouth 'till I'm new to make sound
Forearms bruised, and blackened, and weak
where you squeezed and said I won't let you drown
If my lungs start failing to deliver
oxygen that I breath to my brain
Then I promise that I'll leave the room
So you don't see me going insane
And my fingers sit still in their quiver
While my eyes rest intent and mundane
While your face watches worried and pale
your lips whisper don't do this again