we were counting silhouettes of all our lost lovers
you were tying your shoes into 23 knots to make sure you never lost your step
again I was collecting bed linens
trying to sort out our newly found lies
how do you forgive when you keep replaying in your mind the things you can't forget?
how do you forget
& how do you draw 17 new lines
create new boundaries from the past you longed to have left
but I counted a million stars I'd kissed upon your neck
painted lightening bolts
across your summer sky
I swear we loved each other once
I swear still love you once a day
but part of me has lost track of all my days and nights
you used to be my only crescent moon
I'd stick out my thumb
& no matter what you'd always fit in and fill up all the space
Some nights I wonder if it'll ever be the same again