That afternoon when the sky
Faded orange to blue
And the sun was tired of us
We crossed that bridge
You wanted one of them
You loved one of them
The one that drove
Her mom’s red bug
The one with the
Big house and the
Big pool and
The beautiful bedroom
That you wanted so bad
To kiss her in
You didn't care
About any of her
Things or what else
She had.
You only cared if
She was yours.
There were three
Of them in the car
One that wanted
Him so bad that she
Fell in love with
Him because she knew nothing else
And that was okay
To be young and fully in love
She wanted to drive to the
Palm trees with him
And imagine themselves
Grow old right there
In front of everything
And she would have
Been happy
She would felt something
For once
The last one in the car
You said not in a
Million years not
If someone paid you
You called her fat
And ugly and I’m
Glad you couldn’t
Get the one you wanted
Because you don’t deserve
Anyone if you can’t see
Beauty in everyone
She wasn’t fat
She was just living the
Way she wanted to live
Until we gave her a label
She started to change, wearing tighter
Pants and tighter shirts
She hated them.
But she was cute in
The way she never
Gave up on trying to fit
In
And if you didn’t know
She loved you then you’re
A fool.
In a million year you’ll
Be dust and she would
Have already learned to love
Herself just fine
Without you

That afternoon we drove
Across the bridge-
In to the island