I loved
you
when I didn’t know you
I loved you
when I didn’t
know of rotting
and aching
and how the summer
eventually leaves
but I fell
in love
with roads and stars
you crashed
out of my dreams
and she became
a refuge
haunting
filling the empty hallways
of places I knew
which were few
after you
but you
you
you
are crashing back
though I am
resistant
I want to sit
on porches
and dream with you
I want to take
your hand just
like old times
I want to
rewind
back to the fall
back to drinking
at the bar
If lonely
is a lifetime
then I’d wait
for a cool breeze
to take me
and when
it never happens
I’ll find the perfect
view
of the stars
from my waiting
and waiting
and waiting.