the story goes
as the story goes
our eyes fell upon each others
one dark night
when the world was quiet
and we were alone
but it was from far away
and we looked like blurred transparencies of each other
still, we loved like we hadn’t before
in such a way that i feel like maybe i hadn’t
and then the story changed
when other people got involved
and distorted it
with words spelled incorrectly
(your leading them on)
until finally we were in focus
and you were saying nothing at all
her: but i’d do anything i could to stay with you