heart to hearts

When we were doing back bends in Cabba Park
she pretty much did everything she could
and everything was about her,
you never even looked twice.

I watched my food at that dim cafe
studied every bite like I'd be tested on it
while you studied the curve of her legs
the dip of her neck
and to see you glancing like that
felt like I'd been stabbed
but I never let on...

Your shoes got stolen in the flood
swept right off your feet
I was familiar with the feeling

we went to so many places
but couldn't shake how they all felt the same
I've never stopped feeling the same

about you

and when I close my eyes we're back there
kids again, fat faces, gorged eyes
and it's like I never lost you in the flood.