I Will Take You As You Are

When you come to me

I will take you as you are

But I hope you’re humming Dylan

I hope you like thunderstorms as much as I do

And I hope you go to bed early

So I can bug you to stay up late

And we land at a nice middle ground of midnight

I will take you as you are

but I hope you have stories

I don’t care what they’re about

Just stories

Ones that make you laugh

And some that make you cry

And tons that make you excited

Excited to tell me who you are

And who you are not

And who you want to be

I will take you as you are

But I hope you come to me

Running and out of breath

From all the life you’ve been living

Ready to grab my hand

And make me run your way

Just to have me pull you the opposite direction

And run my way

We can make the world our racetrack

So we don’t miss a thing

I will take you as you are but I hope you like

My second hand sweaters

And maybe have some of your own

We can share them

And our pens

and our songs

And maybe our whole lives

I will take you as you are but I hope you come to me shining

Absolutely shining

You

With every fiber of your being

Just so I cant miss you

I don’t ever want to miss you