Goodness

When the sun rested on our shoulders And the wind kissed the back of your neck I would lay and absorb in the silence In your language I haven’t learned yet In the tune of the national anthem Sing the words while the corrugate bursts While our burning desires are crackling We exist in the unified verse When your eyes became focused on absence How the shadows were cast on the plane Under moonlight of middle November I was shifting to stay in the frame I would eat from the tops of your branches Spit it out, break a bough, and descend I would dream of the ways we’d get cradled While this lullaby rings in my head When this began, this was a thing that we could both share A bit of shame, the goodness fades, and we’d begin there When this began, this was a thing that we could both share A bit of shame, the goodness fades, and we’d begin there