Sometime in June, I wrote you down
And I’ve slept under a white flag ever since
You have always been misplaced trust
And it will always be my fault
Because I forgot how she spoke to you
How she warned me to surrender

Most days you’re regret clutching my throat
While I’m rewriting lines that bruise too much
Every moment and every left turn, handwritten and replaced
Most nights, I’m wondering why fate left so many cracks in the sky
Just to try to cover them with stars

Lover, you’re lovely and all things that matter
But I watched you dying to know her
And for the third summer
I melted into words far too sincere
Because I can ignore a glance, but I can’t ignore this
A punch— like your love
Like falling asleep slowly then all at once

She made you start words you swore you’d never say
And feel what I hoped you’d save for me
So you never rhyme anymore
They all begged me to tell you
But I give it up instead
And let it go
For yesterday and maybe the day before

My lips are dry from screaming already
You never had to ask
Nothing feels warm
Just salty and new
And I’m tangled in blankets
And it’s half past two
And you,
You are no sleep tonight
Only strums and ballads

But then we’re staring through headlights
And I know this dance isn’t over yet
And I think it’s because of you
I’m afraid of the dark, but mostly of my heart
When it’s daring me to move

Because you will always be the right place
But a bad sign
And the right one
At the wrong time
And a loud laugh
And a deep sigh
You’re just a body
But I smell your skin