G and J

you stretch your hand out lovingly
caress my shoulder
shelter me
and through your heartbeat i can see
i love you more than anything
the tree bark fades
as night does come
and i can't see our sign
scrawled in with your red pocket knife
love for G and J
and i whisper
into your ear
the words i feel
this intense fear
for whether this is real or all a dream

cuz i don't even
know
where the world
goes
when the lights go out
and the trees go away

yet, you cared enough to say

isn't once better than never at all
isn't once better than to distantly fall

so even when the sky is gray
i'll pray for you
another day
you are my soul, my tender J
and though this is a dream,
it seems
I'll make you think i'm real
the clouds are parting
on my world
i know you're gone
as we unfurl
this recipe for Happily Ever After
the sky is blue
and i'm awake
where did the rain run off to
for when it falls
i can see
you clearly through the fog
though of course
it's hard to tell
if i'm crying anymore
these tears are washing as they fall
away from my sore face
they hit the ground
and then they're dead
or maybe just replaced
with your dear smile
one last time
scrawled upon your face
and on the tree
and in the dirt
this love
shall never fade
this love for G and J