Do you remember that summer
On the coast
When we walked on grey pebbles
And you didn’t ever wear shoes
Preferring to develop calluses and wounds
And leak blood into the Pacific
Do you remember that summer we spent
Washing whale bones
And you tried to teach me
Arabic phrases?
I know your secret now
All those stolen tongues
We stood in place We ran into each wave
Watching the sunrise and I held you under
Watching the sunset The current for too long
And when it vanished we cause I never learned to say no
Dug up the shoreline and you called it refreshing,
To see what it left behind offered to do the same for me
Do you remember how the car
Choked and coughed
When we forced it up that hill
The one with overgrown firs
And all the turnouts
To catch a glimpse of bathing deities
Do you remember that look on your father’s face
When I brought you home late
Smelling of beer and raspberry stains
In your hair, our only excuse
Was that we were both Leos
Do you remember that summer
We stood in place
Smelling of beer and raspberry stained
And you didn’t wear shoes
And made me say things like
Ana Bahebak Ya Amar
Cause I never learned to say no.
I love this one man 🙂
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Thanks! First real attempt at writing poetry in a minute. Starting to recognize my own style and realizing I do very specific things in all my writing every time.
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