Hopeless on Hope
I thought it’d be you. Because you’d smile at me, As if you fucking knew. My heart spoke The rhythm of you. I saw not just a man, I saw straight through. I saw kindness underneath, The armor you wore To hide the truth. But I knew every layer of you. Images now haunt me, The kind I can’t fucking undo. The nights I lay on your shoulder, Believing I was safer with you. The weekend we got Rum drunk by the pool. You put my hair up, When I puked. Carried me to the couch, And stayed until I woke up. Kinda cute. Thinking about us, Really fucks me up. But I became fluent in Your asshole dialect. Staying calm, Whenever your moods would shift. I’d say what do you need babe. And even pick that shit up. You hate the way I drive. But I was always behind the wheel. I came when you called, In the middle of the night, Just to get you. I’d never get gone. Not like you do. I stayed loyal and faithful. When you gave me, No fucking reason to. Now I’m...