I fell for you Under the stars of a cloudless night A night the big dipper shone so bright You could see the water spilling out of it Falling into the little dipper Then over flowing into our hearts I fell for you
I fell for you Under the soft glow of a distant street light As we swayed on swings And I watched the rays of light Play hide-and-seek with your skin Trying to catch you still enough So it could glow you like an angel I fell for you
I learned of you Through back channel grape vines And locker door vents Four AM phone calls that left crickets jealous Listening to our heavy breaths of in love dreams Pass through the receivers I learned of you
I learned of you Through tears that might as well have been daggers Stabbing my heart As I wrestled your secrets from the back of your mind Through your tear ducts And kidnapped your true feelings In body bags from the bottom of your heart I learned of you
I stayed with you When learning wasn’t fun anymore But our hearts weren’t settled in And the comfort of silence Fell to the wayside of sin And your brain made your heart feel used And your heart made your body feel abused And your body made my heart feel abused I stayed with you
I stayed with you When stars were no longer visible Drowned out by city lights And crickets were silenced in fear By the sounds we made at night And surprises and picnics Were just apologies And our song was just a reminder Of what I forgot about you I stayed with you
I fell for you Down a flight of stairs on a rainy night When our lips didn’t mind the company Of staring eyes And your ferruled eye brows Reminded the big dipper how to shine I fell for you
I fell for you Barefoot in sand the sun shining down On a comfortable day in June Which came so soon the sun hadn’t left his mark On our left ring fingers yet The waves from the ocean weren’t crashing the rocks Letting the priest preach his sermon in peace Whose words we couldn’t hear Staring straight into your eyes I fell for you
I fell for you
A collection of poems by me is available on Amazon Where She Left Me - Michael DeVoe http://goo.gl/5x3Tae