One Year Later

why won't he be the king i know he is? the king i see inside

 

Does it matter that I was drunk

And hadn’t properly thought it through?

My favorite mistakes have always been made

With little to no consideration.

You were there and so was I

That’s all we needed.

I can see you now

Sitting on that light blue love seat

The cushions stained with soda

When I decided now is the time.

The familiar twang of the electric guitar

We’d heard a hundred times before,

But now has a whole new meaning.

The single tear in the eye

As I stumbled through my speech

I prepared while you were in the bathroom.

I didn’t want to stop talking

Because I wasn’t sure what you’d say

In theory, it had already happened,

But there’s no guarantee

When a gun’s staring you in the face.

It feels like it did 365 days ago.

A streetlamp on a dark street

Melting drifting snowflakes.

Like someone took a well-worn blanket

Out of the closet

And wrapped it around my heart.