Turtle-boy

Hey turtle boy,
avoiding harm.
You've grown a hardened shell,
you're learning by example.
Just because
I pushed away,
that doesn't mean that much.
I just seem to work that way.
You taught me how to be
protected too.
And how to cover my feelings,
the way you seem to do.
I learned a lot from you.
I learned a lot from you.

Hey turtle boy,
where have you gone?
It's starting to bring you down,
you're going undercover.
I'm pushing you off,
I just couldn't resist.
And I recall sometimes,
I didn't always act like this.
You taught me how to be
protected too.
And how to cover my feelings,
the way you seem to do.
I learned a lot from you.
I learned a lot from you.
I learned it far too soon.