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yellow clock
She’s gone now
But I wasn’t the keys in the ignition
It started with an innocent text
I can’t really remember when we changed our position
Words and words
Such a smile so real
I understood all those love songs
They were how you made me feel
We spoke of a gathering
So soon after that bliss
I remember laying in your arms
Reaching up to give you that first kiss
Everything grew with time
I felt the butterflies bloom
As hard as I tried
I couldn’t keep you in my room
It became desperate
Or maybe you were just ashamed
The lines got too blurred
‘I can’t do this’ you proclaimed
So we were back and forth
Never really leaving or staying
My awkward hopefulness
Kept your pity heart playing
I wanted to be someone you wanted
As I watched our lights divide
And even though I failed,
I can honestly say I know I tried
A vacant house
Too empty to pass by
I don’t know if I ever told you this
But I went into the bathroom just to cry
We still made good
On some kind of twisted design
I shut my mouth in the name of settlement
Hoping it will still become mine
The last happy night of my life
Well at least up until now
You said you couldn’t come
But you’d make up for it somehow
And it seems funny looking back
That big bug on the wall
We looked like little scared girls
When really I wasn’t scared at all
A stubborn soul you really are
I wanted you to reach me so
Pulling out all the stops
You said yes, you moved slow
We kissed like it was the last time
And I guess we were right in it
As much as I pleaded for you to
You just could not commit
Now here I lay in the very same bed
that I once shared with your better half
And as I look at my yellow clock
I really can’t help but laugh
