it's as if we are children again, and I am lying perfectly still, playing dead, waiting for the tap of sticky fingers on the back of my hand so I can stop pretending. it's hard to stay static for so long, even if you are making a home for when I visit, even if you are setting out two plates, two pillows every night, even if I am the river and you are the bank, it makes no difference if I am not enough to flood you over.
I would will new ground to walk on if that is what's keeping me away. I would train my tongue to never form the word goodbye. I would get a proper haircut, I would gain some perspective, I would learn japanese, if all those things meant growing up and growing up meant getting up on crooked knees to run with you.
Feb 10, 2014
Feb 10, 2014 at 10:04 PM UTC
it's as if we are children again, and I am lying perfectly still, playing dead, waiting for the tap of sticky fingers on the back of my hand so I can stop pretending. it's hard to stay static for so long, even if you are making a home for when I visit, even if you are setting out two plates, two pillows every night, even if I am the river and you are the bank, it makes no difference if I am not enough to flood you over.
I would will new ground to walk on if that is what's keeping me away. I would train my tongue to never form the word goodbye. I would get a proper haircut, I would gain some perspective, I would learn japanese, if all those things meant growing up and growing up meant getting up on crooked knees to run with you.
