Babe

- Betwixt: Phase I - Poem IV -

A scribbled letter I never sent,

Sleeps deep inside my coat’s vent

Your voice still lingers on my skin,

The songs you sang came from within

You’re everywhere, in every chord,

A ghost behind every spoken word

The breathless beats coinciding with a tune,

I pray you're well, as I look up at the moon

I remember you on stage that night,

You glowed beneath the silver light

Your body swaying with perfection’s flame,

I switch the B for a G so that I can still say your name

We had a love that lit the skies,

But the stars fell with no goodbyes

The anxiety in my stomach always aches,

Now that I can’t call you, babe

The choruses cut my heartbroken strings,

But I’m still gonna marry you with a thousand paper rings

I skip the sad songs, I have no choice,

But I play yours to hear your voice

You wrote our love in a minor key,

I go back and listen to know it’s real for me

I know our lives aren’t forever gone,

I remind myself how you made the world’s cries a soothing song

You’ll kiss me in my dreams tonight,

Our picture above my head, pinned to the lights

I’ll wake alone, but in my heart you’ll stay,

The one who made my rainy days go away

Can we still have the love that helped me fly?

If all else fails, can we still try?

I’ll drive the distance to see you at the lake,

If only for the chance to call you, babe