i wish i knew you
when we were kids
how we’d run
the thrill
through the hills
we’d play ball
that was all
now we’re grown
one of us
almost bald
our topics
always broad
but they always
revolve around you
no longer
just trying to tie a shoe
now our thoughts, words
so complex
they misconstrue
it would’ve been nice
if we didn’t need to think twice
or melt like ice
we were just kids
without sins
not looking for a his
what a winter
i say with a shiver
you should ask
how’s your liver
occasionally a quiver
as i think about the river
still a sliver
of you here, killer
i’m still rather bitter
especially when i’m at dinner
and i think of you
as i taste my liquor
i turn the light off
take my walk
i think about you a lot
it never seems to stop
i’ll be eating
see you in the sauce
turn on the computer
your face appears
when it’s supposed to be microsoft
i can’t get enough
i can’t get a break
i wish i forgot
that we could still talk
that the door was unlocked
but instead i walk
i get lost
you always taunt
i turn up my music
my loud rock
your edm
i can’t ever void my thoughts
you’re always flying across
leaving me rather distraught
i can’t seem to stop
at any cost
it’s not even your fault
i just can’t halt
come to terms with your bolt
get over the cold
figure out the code
sometimes i even get scared that you’ll end up alone
we yelled fuck the police
carved our names in trees
ran through streets
living piece by piece
listening for a beat
life’s so sweet
sometimes it takes the heat
to win the freeze
seventeen to sleep
a bee to sting
an elite to lose
and a game to complete
desirable among others
so you search the rubble
entering my bubble
the despair
came so subtle
left with a rumble
lost in a tunnel
fixing the puzzle
yet what can you do
when they strike at random
expect us to file
let’s go, tandem
but i’m made of a zillion atoms
i won’t let one handsome
crush my mansion
so the day i’m in peru
when i know fate will try
i’ll salute
remembering the root, my mood
i’ll exclude a take two
so i can retain my youth
and myself from you
sat on top of you
as i spoke to you
tell me everything
your mind
come to life
time to feel alive
this is no crime
giving you time
flip the dime
i’ll interrogate in rhyme
forever a lime, no lemon
when the clock strikes eleven
i’ll be in heaven
with helen
but there’s no felon
that can take my weapon
not even seven
which, in turn, means i’ll never learn a lesson
pay attention
this is at your discretion
occasionally, i forget
didn’t i ask the question?
tattoo on the left left
your red shoes, the black spandex
i like your hair, too
your face and cheeks
slightly round, they speak
you look like someone
i used to know
so can i get to know you instead?
every july
green meets blue
color of the ocean
the way i motioned
how i laid
looked at the ocean
for a notion
how we played in rotation
in a commotion
a witches potion couldn’t stomp
i was so wrong
i wish i didn’t prolong
i wish i didn’t fall
i wish when i had called
there was a sincere response
instead of lying with some john
instead of lying to me all along
when the song played
and as you threw the ball
down the hall
you yawned
said, “this is fun”
i looked back
but you can’t outrun
when they have the gun
