I was prepared to say goodbye to you,
on my birthday,
I thought the best gift
I could give to myself
and to you was
to gracefully let all of it go.

My hands were ready,
they were losing their
grip to yours.

My mouth was ready,
it knew what song to
sing to you last.

******, even my eyes were ready,
they were ready to look at you
like you spin the world
one.
last.
time.

Everything was set.

I waited before midnight,
I was planning to say it
to that extra second
that was added to the
last day of the sixth month of the year,

finally, I thought,
we'll both be free for my pincers
were never meant to
hold the water bearer.

There you were
and you were walking towards me
and you held my hands so tight
and you sang the song I fell in love with
and looked me in the eye
like I put the stars in the sky

and I wanted to let you go
but in that extra second
you held me so close,

I never want to leave.