before the disaster
written by: Alyssa Brocker
@Atelgy
you drove away that night
after the boy who could never get it
right
and i stayed there
because
i thought you would come back in your blue van,
and he would finally see what you really want
and what you really wanted was
me
your van reminds me of when
you would laugh,
and try new things,
and be young,
and kiss girls,
and skip class
because we wanted to go to that one show
with the band who spoke instead of sang,
and he would complain
about lyrics never making sense and he didn’t get you…
but i did
and i always did
and i’m being completely honest
and you’re out to dinner with him in your pink dress,
hair down,
because that’s what he expects,
but i know you for black boots
and white t-shirts,
and this isn’t you,
because a boy doesn’t love a girl just because she’s pretty
a girl loves a girl
because her whole laugh fills a restaurant,
and she sometimes smiles with her eyes crossed,
and she’s so damn smart,
and
when she tells me everything’s alright
i actually believe her
- Reason To Be Sad - June 10, 2020
- (ir)(rational) - March 16, 2019
- Without Him - January 30, 2018
