There is an ocean that spans the river between us 
And we are so epic that you couldn’t dream us 
As we magnetise opposite poles 
And share the depths within our souls 
And there was something about a tarpaulin (I think it was blue)
And I have always been reliant on you 
And I think you knew but you didn’t like 
The way I always handed you the mike 
When the going got rough
And the going is tough 
At times 
As we pay for our lack of crimes 
In monopoly money, paper thin
I sing sonnets of my time with him 
Because he was the crystalline snowflake in the valley
And he bossed me around like my greatest ally
And I’m lost in memories he swears don’t exist 
As I type the rights he tells me I’ve missed 
But I could be writing a charter for an age 
If I had to list all the flaws I could fit on a page
And it’s not worth it
And it only hurts it 
When the sophomore slump hits 
And I watch her as she sits 
Gingerly with her legs bent at the knee
And I wonder what would have happened if he’d have stayed with me 
Instead of running away 
Instead of turning his back and walking out that day 
Like he knew the whole story
Oh, please do not bore me 
With the details, hun 
You know you are my only one 
Anyway it’s rife for inspection 
I hide his name with misdirection 
I know you see 
No sleight of hand to camouflage me 
From your open soul 
And the part of you that can sense what’s whole 
When it breaks into pieces 
And there are creases 
Where the smile meets your eyes 
And we’ve done a helluva lot but we could never stomach lies 
Not even when they’re “for our own good”
But I abandon it all and go and sit in the wood
With trees for company 
And they do not jump me
Or tell me I’m wrong 
In an effort to belong
They just listen and guide the breath from my lungs 
As it mists up the sky and the bottom rungs
Of the ladder I climbed, then fell from a snake 
And the disease is aplenty but what if I wake 
Up from the shadow of the dark in the storm 
I only ever wanted to keep people warm