We
stood under the same streetlight,
the watch just fall
You in that old denim jacket,
me trying not to cry at all
You said I'll text you when I land like it was any other trip
Then you rose on your toes,
barely brushed my lips Two seconds,
maybe less,
your hand on my chest already pulling away
No linger,
no squeeze,
no I don't wanna go Just the softest
goodbye you could give without lying
I felt the whole future leave with your breath
You felt nothing but the weight of your suitcase
You kissed me like it was nothing,
like turning off a light you won't miss
I kissed you like it was everything,
like the last page of a book I had dog-eared and
living You walked to the curb,
waved one store shut
I stood there tasting the rest of my
life on the mouth you just closed forever
Light as air,
heavy as every morning I'll wake up without you
I still slow motion it when the room gets too quiet
The way your hair caught the wind,
the way you didn't look back twice
I count the milliseconds your lips stayed
One Mississippi gone,
I replay it in grocery lines and showers of red light
Searching for the friend ain't where you hesitate,
there isn't one
You practiced that kiss in the mirror,
probably casual,
kind,
clean
I never practiced letting go,
so I'm still here,
lips frozen mid-return
You kissed me like it was nothing,
like closing a tab you barely drank from
People
keep asking if I'm okay
I say,
yeah,
it was mutual,
it was time They don't know I have a zero-prey eight-second clip
Burned behind my eyes on permanent loop
Your mouth on mine, soft, quick, gone
The last time you ever touched me And you didn't even make it count
One day I'll forget the color of your eyes when you lied
One day I'll stop tasting that kiss in my sleep
But tonight I'm still standing under that streetlight
Waiting for you to come back and do it right
Kiss me like it's something
Kiss me like it hurts to leave
Kiss me like I matter instead of like air
You didn't need anymore
Funny,
funny,
I still can't breathe