Lilac Dove

Why be so nervous to see my boy
Grew up and realized feelings weren’t toys
It’s not sentimental, the shadow in the wake
Can’t forget what you’re putting at stake

You make me shake

This is

heartbreak

You make it hard
for me to stay
Holidays feel
like just another day

When I said what I said
you ignored me
Like a million bats
were swarming

I’m not a fan of saying
it isn’t fair
But why can’t we be like them
them, and there

Those flowers I bought
I bought for myself
Absence makes the heart
feel nothing else

Skeptical for no reason
Ambivalent for my age
We walk separate steps
We move in the same stage

It grows and it grows
This fondness of mine
It’ll destroy and decay
Gently over time

Perhaps violently
Instead of my reasons
Your soft embrace
Comes and goes like the seasons

Apathy forms
A looming cloud
You know just how
To make me proud

Please say those words aloud

We like to dance like that
Look cool from the back
Swallow up straight Jack

Drinks in the summertime
Shade where it’s hollow
Find time to serenade the bees

Always seem to be in-between
The timing is always nice
It’s crisp, it’s softly precise

Don’t think twice
Your face is fine
Don’t think twice
Your skin peels slow
Like layers on a vine

Left the car engine running
Had to take hourly pills
Left the backseat down
For little teenage thrills

Arcades and champagne
Arguing till dawn
Half past two o clock
Apathy makes me yawn

A skilled spirit
A whiskey double shot
A grapefruit smoothie
Some like it hot

It’s worth it
It’s not worth it
It’s worth it
It’s not worth it