We looked so fine
Your redhead delicate hands
Waved me to you
Spent paychecks on me
Two hour drive just to see
Time and distance spanned
Even though you'd only kissed a few
We used to lay around
Holding each other
But not holding down
Why did we promise more than we could do?
Why am I broken up
And can't be fixed for you?
It's so easy to blame
Every eyeline to the pain
As I stare at gaps in time
There are things we'll never do
I used to drive the hearse in my dreams
Put a period after you and me
Woke up and saw through someone else's eyes
Were these five years really true?
Those concerned people
Kisses long but lethal
I only turned tricks before you
And new bomb makers
Unlicensed undertakers
I was so sick and through
Words laid in rhyme
Pretending to keep time
I gave up bricks for you
We used to watch movies all night long
And you'd wake before me, still in my arms
Forgive me now and I forgive you
Bend to me now like I was bent on you
I offered to make an offer and you still refuse
I'm ruined now, I'm so deep in debt
To you and others I haven't met
Like all suckers, I made some dumb bets
But I won't let this end as a regret
I'm reaching for those delicate hands
And selling off the beach's sands
I was a boy, you made me a man
It took seven years to get to second chance
And I hope there are no secrets left
A poem unheard just dies a quiet death