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the natural progression of things
please leave me be
i drive you to your old neighborhood and stand
underneath the jungle gym we
made out underneath for too
long that first time i came over when
we had to run
back to your mommas house
my head jams against the ceiling
now
and we meet eyes for spare moments
laugh a little
talk about missing
our dogs
please leave me be
you shake your hair on
the stage and spider your fingers
across a fretboard i look
away
ashamed to not
want you
afraid to not
want you
please let me be because
i cannot rationalize this moment
when we stare at our names carved
into the concrete
and smile at each other
under the street light
i cannot rationalize
understanding why you never wanted me in your room
because it smelled
like you
it smells sour now
please let me be because
i cannot afford to not love you
i cannot afford to not care
i cannot
afford
to negate every word ive ever written
and give you away to the world
please let me keep
you tucked
in my soul
where i will always love
you where i will always
melt at your humility;
sweet smell of skin;
golden pupils and
cry at night sometimes
knowing i lost you
to stupid mistakes
where i can lie
pretend it wasn't
to the natural progression
of things
