Breathe

Oh how I love you hear me play,
Despite you treating me so ill.
Your passion takes my breath away

I tread like feathers, day by day,
And set aside my childlike will –
Oh how I love you hear me play

You’ve moulded me like china clay,
Yet keep me at arm's length, until
Your passion takes my breath away

An ingénue, your protégé,
You bully, cause me to doubt my skill
Oh how I love you hear me play

I recognise I hold no sway,
My dreams unable to fulfil:
Your passion takes my breath away

And should I ever find a way
To leave, I know you’d haunt me still.
Oh how I love you hear me play,
Your passion takes my breath away