In these warm peninsula winds
I’m reminded of driving with you
The leaves colourful on the fields
In those times, we were peaceful too
On those days we were too tired
To carry on the war
So instead we drove in silence
An unspoken armistice unfolding in a car
It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad
It just was and that was enough
Although you tore me apart through the years
Many times, in a car, we were just us
For too many years gone by
You were the one that I loved
It wasn’t good, it wasn’t healthy,
it wasn’t even real
But to me, you were all that there was
Now these memories live inside me
In places only I can know
Although were I to let you in on it
To you too these moments would be known
Jan 18, 2022
Jan 18, 2022 at 2:38 AM UTC
In these warm peninsula winds
I’m reminded of driving with you
The leaves colourful on the fields
In those times, we were peaceful too
On those days we were too tired
To carry on the war
So instead we drove in silence
An unspoken armistice unfolding in a car
It wasn’t good and it wasn’t bad
It just was and that was enough
Although you tore me apart through the years
Many times, in a car, we were just us
For too many years gone by
You were the one that I loved
It wasn’t good, it wasn’t healthy,
it wasn’t even real
But to me, you were all that there was
Now these memories live inside me
In places only I can know
Although were I to let you in on it
To you too these moments would be known
Written December 11, 2021
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