Confession

We were only fourteen

Wild, wide eyes

Pledging our virtues between holy crimes

We’d drink ourselves naked

Swallowing the shame

Stirring in the silence

Tangling our brains

I never meant

To lose

You were my best friend

I’d rip off the label

And bury down the pain

Washing my hands till the skin split the stain

Repeating the mantra

In mirrors

But knowing that for no one

Had my heart beat dearer

I never meant

To lose

You were my best friend

Best friend

All of these years spent

Avoiding guilty eyes

Was I the one that muddied your mind?

Now I’m snorting cocaine

And bleeding out the truth

Oh, how I loved you

I said

Oh, how I loved you

Oh, how I loved you

And oh, how I still do