stars and salt water
in all of our eyes
flickers of static
stitches in time
in our hearts
and our heads
letters and letters
that won't always rhyme
I wrote ten thousand letters now
I tie them to my fish's tails
I drank the river, cried the sea
set tiny paper ships a sail
tied anchors
on ankles
tied strings
around scrolls
tied bows on my fingers
and bows on my neck
tied charms to my hair and words to my ears
so I'd remember not to forget
typed symbols, in scrambles,
a message, in code
tied language
in scribbles and nonsense and noise
and sang
into a bottle.
a telegraph
from a distant star
a memory
only in melody recalled
you loved like the ocean
you loved like the sky
hearts like anchors,
hearts like wings
the wave, it pulls us down and under,
the highest ice clouds sings
in my lungs
salt water
and sand in my eyes
weeds and stars
and letters dissolved
...but I do know what it's like to fly
I wrote ten thousand letters
and have thousands more to send
how to travel back in time?
...I only ever played pretend
in all of our eyes
flickers of static
stitches in time
in our hearts
and our heads
letters and letters
that won't always rhyme
I wrote ten thousand letters now
I tie them to my fish's tails
I drank the river, cried the sea
set tiny paper ships a sail
tied anchors
on ankles
tied strings
around scrolls
tied bows on my fingers
and bows on my neck
tied charms to my hair and words to my ears
so I'd remember not to forget
typed symbols, in scrambles,
a message, in code
tied language
in scribbles and nonsense and noise
and sang
into a bottle.
a telegraph
from a distant star
a memory
only in melody recalled
you loved like the ocean
you loved like the sky
hearts like anchors,
hearts like wings
the wave, it pulls us down and under,
the highest ice clouds sings
in my lungs
salt water
and sand in my eyes
weeds and stars
and letters dissolved
...but I do know what it's like to fly
I wrote ten thousand letters
and have thousands more to send
how to travel back in time?
...I only ever played pretend
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