I wrote this the day before I turned 20 as a farewell to the teens (but not to dramatics it would seem) – enjoy!
Starlight
In the countryside
Broken nails and splintered wood
Just a dream broken then rebuilt
A dream of what should be
And what could be fulfilled
Trees and trampolines
Under the eyes of a girl
And I’ll never let go of wishing that we’d
Never lose this moment
Always young and in love
And never have to wonder
What if and or what of
But then everybody grows up
And everybody dies
As I throw another
Piece away
I’ve been trying to write
For days and days and days.
And I wish that I could take back
Every memory that erased that
Little spark of ingenuity that
Flowed once through me
Constantly
With the package deal of ignorance
To life and death
Heartbreak and pain
I knew love not hate
Had joy and not fear
I was just a child
But I lost it with my years.
Once spent carefree and lost
Looking for the secret
My palms sweat now
Much less than before
There’s no surprise anymore
I gotta find another lover
Find another girl
That makes me write as
If it meant the whole wide world.
And I wish that I could take back
Every memory that erased that
Little spark of ingenuity that
Flowed once through me
Constantly
With the package deal of ignorance
To life and death
Heartbreak and pain
I knew love not hate
Had joy and not fear
I was just a child
But I lost it with my years.
Just wish I never lost what was love
I wish I never wondered what if and or what of
I wish that I could wonder
What it’s like to be kissed
And I wish I never knew
What it was like to be missed
And so I…
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