I Think We’re Growing Up Now
I eat watermelon and wear nothing but an old white t-shirt,Ā
and write about the people Iāve grown out of.Ā
I donāt usually remember my Friday nightsĀ
But I love it when I do.Ā
Thereās a pair of last nightās heels beside my bed,Ā
And a thank you note inside of a bouquet.Ā
I think weāre growing up now.Ā
I used to wear glasses and wear a tiny jar of fairy dust around my neck
I didnāt know what I wanted to be when I was olderĀ
But I knew I wanted to be something.Ā
And now you would give anything just to feel something.Ā
He brings me breakfast and I start to cryĀ
And I wonder why people save the best parts of themselves for someone elseĀ
I used to think that I gave away my power when we first met
And to think that August was when you stopped existing in the margins
But youāre still one of my favorite adventures to revisit.Ā
This is a Sunday in AugustĀ
And I think Iām just melancholic about the days that were promised to us.Ā
Iāve realized everyone likes to talk, without saying anything in particular.
And I swore I would never tell you about the tattoo.Ā
But when he told me that we were all misunderstood,Ā
Iād cover myself in a rose garden if I could.Ā
I think I give away my power to AugustĀ
More easily than Iāve ever given anything to anyone elseĀ
There are so many things that I wantĀ
And I think August might love meĀ
Every Sunday in August feels the longest,Ā
And the end of every summer is never what it was promised to be
But it always leaves me missing something.