The way the sun shone on
Your auburn hair, as if to
Sift the red from the brown
I brush it back
But you only look down

And I've never seen
Eyes quite as dead as yours
And I've yet to hear
A tongue quite as sharp as yours

But did you think that I had
Alterior motives?
Or some secret plan?
Cuz I was honest
And honestly
This meant everything to me

And I can read
How carefully sculpted are your words
Bitter and artificial
And I clench my sheets and scream
"Oh but you were there too!
You must have felt how we connected!
You must have loved me back!
You must have!"
But I feel it's just denial
I turn away

But did you know?
I lie in bed and cannot sleep
Flesh and bone, alone between sea foam green sheets
My bed's an ocean
Where I hang on every word you speak
So I've hung myself on I and love and you