Hit and miss

In the middle of the night
When you're all alone
The bridges you kept
Wouldn't they feel better burned?
So much I don't understand
So, so much for that.
Do you sit still
With your cat under a lamp
Trying to fit words
Into feelings
And put feeling into words
I wish you had said something nice
As a reward
That it all wasn't some show
Some convenience of the heart
I couldn't throw fast enough
To get you to swing
A hit and a miss
A hit and a miss.
No one can play on your team
When you won't.
Play at all.