Empties

Bury my feet in the dirt By the pine in the garden with my cat He got too brave in the breath of the freeway Bury my feet in your blankets Christmas lights in your bedroom, with your cat And I get brave and I tell you how i'm feeling Bury my face in your hair You smell like parliaments and whispered fears Like, "What if you move back to New York and I never see you again?" We wear each other's clothes A silent promise on the back porch We pack another bowl and skate down to the corner store I watch the nail glow red, turn my teeth into ash You've got eyes like fire and I'm feeling cashed With grief in my lungs I will choke on your silence Your breath on my lips and the patterns that bind us And our eyes glaze over eagerly In smoked out fantasies of chosen family A house in the woods, a litter of kittens We could raise our children with a river to swim in You brush my hair behind my ear Can't stay in this town long but for tonight you're here I never throw out your empties, you haunt me night after night I see reflections of ghosts, like your eyes in the porch light I watch the nail glow red, turn my teeth into ash (Nervous paper peeled from your drinks) You've got eyes like fire and i'm feeling cashed (It pours over your walls and you say what you're thinking) With grief in my lungs I will choke on your silence (The water tower hangs overhead) Your breath on my lips and the patterns that bind us (We keep getting higher as our hearts keep sinking down) I watch the nail glow red, turn my teeth into ash (Nervous paper peeled from your drinks) You've got eyes like fire and i'm feeling cashed (It pours over your walls and you say what you're thinking) With grief in my lungs I will choke on your silence (The water tower hangs overhead) Your breath on my lips and the patterns that bind us (We keep getting higher as our hearts keep sinking down)