Your big brown eyes and kind words
Tear down the walls I raise up
To protect my vulnerability. Pull me
closer and watch the world melt away.
You ask what I'm thinking and I find
I don't have the words to make you stay.
And so I watch you walk away, sad.
But first, you kiss the top of my head
And say, don't cry this time
And so I don't. Glass shatters
Within and whiskey tempts.
I count the hours I should be sleeping
And I swear I can smell your cologne
On my skin as I tell myself, over and over,
Just friends, remember?