The apples tumble down the tree We swim in the green sea. That idyllic place where the camera lens reflects the sunlight against your eyes. And doesn't predict our demise. Or any little fights in between. No arguments about the shirt on your back or the ***** you lack or the picking up of the slack. Who wants to hear that? I want to be back on that picnic day. No way. No way anyone this perfect could love me. No one so free. No eyes as clear as the sea. And that one time you pretended to be Ashley. (How fun was that night? You got us into bars, played guitars, and brought me to Mars? ****, what was in that?) Don't ask me again, why you think it isn't worth it. The touch of her nose some witty verbose her hips like a rose and that little way that she hiccups if she's had a little too much to drink and she starts to laugh really, really hard and it just kind of comes out and then you laugh harder and it just gets worse. (I can't make this stuff up.) I'd like to think of all of those things. And I think you would too. If love wasn't what we are fighting for, then do we even have anything to lose? Some green bills, some overpriced pills, a trophy for us today, a sense of narcissism to stay. So just try to love. Because despite anything above, We have this. A dauntless, morning kiss. a star upon which to wish, a euphoria close to bliss. Something to always miss. And the pancakes at that place and that look on your face. Erase. Erase anything else you need. Trust me. When you find her, it won't matter. You'll fight, and you'll tire, there won't be any fuel for the fire. But man, those eyes that are clearer than the sea are clearer than anything to me.