Plenty More

When you tried to let me down
In that gentle detached way
I was convinced an army
Could not dredge my tears

He puts an arm around my shoulder
And balances sincere eyes
With a worrying wobble
Tells me I'm too young for this grief

The scenes may change, the city
May call itself the same names
But I can't find that feeling of
Togetherness anymore

He brings another two over
And balances European glasses
On hands that knew this pain
Tells me I know too little of the world

There may be streets of female bodies
There may be rooms of unfound love
But you only ever have one rush
That sincere youth can bring

What was left unsaid

In this summer air
Anything can happen
In this summer air
We can fall in love

When you smile
How can I even see
Anything else

Our feet in the pool
You lean into me
Our feet in the pool
You open up to me

When you smile
How can I even hear
Anybody else

In the sun's grace
I knew I was trapped
In the sun's grace
It was you or doom

When you smile
How can I even think
That you don't want
Me the same way

2

You need to save your heart
To someone who'd remember
That's what
I wish somebody told me

It's politeness that means
I've never kissed you
Even though
I never stopped wanting to

Since the first time I saw you
My heart burns with
Seeping pain
Whenever I think of you

1

When you miss someone
You look up their profile
And you imagine that they too
Are reading about you

When I need someone
I keep thinking about
The opportunities that
I had missed with you

I can't face a day this short
I'm 23 and the night scares me
Because it brings me thoughts
Of why you're not mine

It Never Happened

I'm sorry you believe in fairytales and other lies
Maybe it's why I love the pureness
Of your eyes

To you I may just be a trusted friend
To me you're the sole obsession of
My wearied mind

I just try and laugh off my tears
And in the night shout back
At the choking fears

I hope it will all make sense
I hope it gets easier
To be friends

May

The bends and crevices of your nose
The moles and marks of your skin
The smiles I induce in you
As you lay beside me

The shape of your spindly legs
How you wear boys shoes
The absence of make up
On your pale pretty face

The way you can make
My mind race so fast
With possibilities and scenes
Of a shared future

Will we fall into each other
As the sun sets over summer
Will we lay with each other
As the winds blow outside

But reality always bites
You're not really in my life
I have to hold myself back
From showing you may love

Le Garçon Déçu

Through the parks where tanners scatter
The thought of winter, so far away
As to seem obscene

Over the bridges that intersect town
Timeless they stand, oblivious
To passing of feet

Past the tourists, who treasure maps
That call this very place
A dozen names

Seeing buses, cars, taxis crawl past
Ferrying passengers, disappointed
By slow progress

Finding spots, not yet devoured
By interests of commerce
Where idleness linger

We may lament how seasons change
But it's a matter of months
Before summer returns