Can

He can bring down cities
And crush armies like bugs
He can bring down my defences
And crush me in a hug

He can tell me sweet nothings
Like they really do mean nought
He can talk and talk and talk some more
About things he was never taught

He can hold me close of push me far
Or pretend I don't exist
He can touch me gently with his hand
Or not so with his fist

He can claim to be some superman
But there's one thing he can never;
He cannot be the one I want
For I won't be his slave forever

For I can be a superman
And can and will save me
For he can take care of himself
And I can at last be free.

                                        -c.h.f