That Shooting Star

April 2015

And there are days
when your best friend
is a half empty pint
and laughing all night

There are days
when distraction is your quest
and I guess
that's enough for me
right here
right now
with you

Sometimes you find yourself
by getting lost
in someone else's thoughts
because here I am  
and there you are

Tiny little memories
so insignificant in the moment
but they mean the world
when you are gone
and I always think
if I could hold on harder
for a little bit longer
that maybe they wouldn't end

But reality
is a red light
and you wish it was all yellows
on the long way home
you wish you pushed the speed limit
driving with the windows down
feeling the wind hit your face
in the car ride of your perception

I'm so uncalled for
I'm something
you never thought
could even exist
and here I sit
switching roles with you
yet another thing
you weren't prepared for
I ask too many questions
I have too many answers
how dare I be like this

And I've heard it all before
I've seen all those things
and yet
you still my steps
and shut me up
and you don't know
how rare a smile
you carry on your sleeve
it convinces me
to try patience
for a change

You are so rare
like the star I wished on
standing with you on my patio
that shooting star
you put her to shame
even if she knows your name
and she granted my wish
she knew
Cupid had me bleeding already
that shooting star
I wished for you
and she granted my wish

Such power in that wish
of all the things,
I wished for you
and since that day,
I've thought if I'd take it back
but I wouldn't dare
you've built a movie
and it plays all the time
I wouldn't stop that
no matter how bad it gets
no matter if you hate me in the end
I wouldn't change that wish
or that star
or that night
with my shaking thighs
I wouldn't change your eyes