once mine

today I saw you on the trainmaybe if you saw meyou would have feltthe murmur deep in your chestmaybe you would have feltyour breath catch in your throatall of those words I never saidbut should haveyou’re on your backhead in his lapI can tell you’re lost in his eyesand he’s consumed in youthat laughyour lightI used to summon that laughter from youand you used to look into methe way you look into himI can feel the loveyou’re pouring into himlike you can’t even hold it all within youI can feel it spilling around methick and sweet and familiarand suddenly you’re no longer a memoryyou’re hereand you’re in loveand I’m a stranger on a trainstrangers used to watch us the same wayyour dark eyes tilted up to mepalms openwrists dripping down to your fingerssoftly, sweetlyoffering me your overflowing lovesuddenly you’re a memory againnot of the girl that I lovedbut of the girl I lostsubmitted by cherry shadows