Writing A Song Like You

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2017

I don’t know how long

until I can write a song like you,

one that won’t miss me

when it bleeds from my head

but it will miss with no logic

every time the door opens to someone else.

 

One that I can weave through my fingers

when you’re across the room

and on your skin

when you’re next to me.

 

One that can

explode in my bloodstream,

touch the lies and the truth,

grip me and not let go.

 

I don’t know how long

until I can write a song like you,

one that holds every piece

but can’t put them together,

one that laughs at everything

but still can’t hold my eyes.

 

I don’t know how long

until I can sing what you’ve said,

promises that fill all the canyons

even when they shouldn’t,

a close that vibrates with something I can’t name.

 

I don’t know how long

until I can write a song like you.

 

Maybe I have done it.

Author's Notes/Comments: 

Written 4/5/17

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