When this love affair has ended...
with my pen I'll pay respect
When my shallow wounds have mended...
I will soberly reflect...
on the things that drew me to you
Reasons that I loved you so
Like...the way your blonde hair glistened green
beneath the dashboard's glow
How...you always had cigarettes
How rightly I was praised
The way your kisses made me dizzy,
while in a drunken haze
The simple, daily, routine tasks
that you often couldn't do
How...when I slurred the words "I love you"
You stammered you did too

When you realize it's over...
please, do not forget the way
we staggered, damp and breathless
on those sticky code orange days

My restless head rest easier
Knowing... Should I thirst to drown...
You would be there right beside me
and we'd pull each other down.

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