When I was sixteen I fell in love with a girl Who looked like autumn Long wavy hair the colour of maple leaves Freckles on her cheeks scattered like raindrops on grass She felt like home in ways I could never understand
Rose petal lips and silk skin She had silver knives hidden as collarbones in her chest They didn’t hurt me until she left That summer I broke my own heart for her
Falling in love with her was easy But accepting it was so much harder She made me feel things I wasn’t supposed to feel
The first time she kissed me was magic She ghosted her lips across mine And I didn’t know it had happened Until it was over I can still taste the coffee from her lips
My autumn girl Your heart was filled with wild flowers You said you’d never change the world But in one summer you changed mine To this day I don’t remember how to get back to where I was without you