Description
From Chapter 22, “Reset,” of It’s Impossible by J H McIntosh — Act I: Love Awakens.
Belle knew Aaron could not stay away, what surprised her was, when he asked for a "reset" she couldn’t find "no". This song invites us into a gentle space of renewal and understanding, where love is expressed with quiet patience and respect. It speaks to the courage it takes to reset one’s voice and soul. To walk alongside one through pain and silence without pressure or expectation. With warmth and sincerity, offering hope that connection can be honored in all its forms. To embrace boundaries while holding steadfast to care. Listening is a tender reminder of the strength found in compassionate presence.
Lyrics
I knew you’d come back, I knew you’d return,
And part of me softened where I swore I would burn.
I stand in the doorway of “stay” and “go,”
Not ready for yes, not ready for no.
You wrote, “Belle will not say yes,” and you were right,
You saw my answer long before that night.
You know my silence doesn’t mean “leave,”
It’s just the only armor that I still believe.
Prepared to be rejected, you love me anyway,
You smile at my distance like you knew I’d stay.
And that kind of patience, that kind of care,
Terrifies the girl who thinks no one should dare.
‘Cause I’m not ready to say yes, not ready to say no,
When you look at me that gently, I feel myself glow.
You see past the cool, past the practiced grin,
And I don’t know what happens
if I let you in.
I don’t know the ending, I don’t know where it starts,
But I feel you standing
at the edges of my heart.
I’ve hidden so long I forgot how to try,
Built walls so high I stopped looking at the sky.
Now your quiet love is asking where I’ve been—
And I don’t know what you’ll find
if I let you in.
You built a home out of nothing but restraint,
Held out the key with the heart of a saint.
You said, “You can walk away, I’ll still care,”
Who loves like that and just leaves it there?
It’s like your love stands steady at my door,
Saying, “I know this much, but I long to know more.”
And I’m scared to hand someone that kind of power,
To see every crack in my strongest tower.
If I let you in, will I still be me?
If you see all I hide, will you still set me free?
You want every layer, not just flawless skin,
And I don’t know who I’ll be
if I let you in.
I’m afraid of falling, afraid you might see through,
But I’m more afraid of living
never trusted, never true.
You said that poem like a quiet decree,
“Hold fast to dreams…”—I thought that was for you, not me.
I let my dreams die behind walls I made,
Called it survival while my colors slowly fade.
Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die,
That broken-winged bird forgot how to fly.
Hold fast to dreams, for when dreams go,
My heart turned into that field, frozen with snow.
Now I see the prison I built as protection,
How I locked up my hope in the name of correction.
Maybe your love is the crack in that night,
Where a frightened bird
remembers the light.
Maybe I’m worth knowing, maybe I’m enough,
Not just the pretty face or the practiced tough.
Maybe love is being fully seen and still chosen—
Every hidden piece of me
thawing from the frozen.
You noticed Matilda and the sunflower glow,
Hunter green sweaters and the weight I can’t grow.
You’re learning the details no one else kept,
Like the way my heart flinched every time it wept.
You’re building a blueprint, line by line,
Not to possess me, but to understand what’s mine.
You keep loving the places no one else ever tried,
The parts I don’t like looking at, you still stand beside.
So I’m not saying yes, but I’m not letting go,
If I were walking away, I’d have done it long ago.
Maybe I’m not the broken-winged girl I’ve been in my mind,
Maybe I was born to fly
if your hand’s in mine.
I don’t know the future, but I’m tired of “almost” and “when”—
So I whisper to my trembling heart,
What if I let you in?
You’re steady and patient, you wait, you stay,
And part of me wonders if this is my day.
The reset you offered is where I begin—
I’m still at the doorway…
But I’m turned
toward you,
and in my secret heart,
I let you in.
