Bridge Jr.

When I was young, I wanted to be a bridge
Still do now, but bridges are to be stepped on
Oh my friend, will you be the first one?
Bridges are to be stepped on

When I grow up, I will multiply
You and I will give birth to Bridge Jr.
Oh Bridge Jr., take your astronaut
Oh Bridge Jr., take off

And he will have a childhood
though he hasn't seen the same cartoons as everyone else in the room
And he'll have plural parents
but he doesn't have to love both and choose between them

And no one said it's easy
to live under someone else's roof but his own skin
And I'm sorry, allies are lonely
and Earthians are rare

It feels like all my life
I've been talking in a circle and walking in a line
the space between me and the strangers that I want to be is never closing

When we were on the Island, it happened again
but that's when you looked back
I thought, if you held one of my hands,
I could walk into the ocean, I could reach the other end

And he will never let go of his hands
He will never let go of his toes
He will never let go
He will never let go
He will never let go