Locked Eyes
Flashbacks
for a whole damn year
I remembered you well
now I’m finally here
the distance that was between us
grew us into different people
you still pretty
me, a minor wrinkle
I waited for this moment for two whole years
when I’d finally see you again
it’d be this perfect moment
and all the thoughts of my boy back home would end
you walk into the door
and I drink you all in
you’ve gotten taller
you’ve gotten thin
you cut your hair
it looks better now
and we locked eyes
different from...
for a whole damn year
I remembered you well
now I’m finally here
the distance that was between us
grew us into different people
you still pretty
me, a minor wrinkle
I waited for this moment for two whole years
when I’d finally see you again
it’d be this perfect moment
and all the thoughts of my boy back home would end
you walk into the door
and I drink you all in
you’ve gotten taller
you’ve gotten thin
you cut your hair
it looks better now
and we locked eyes
different from...