so simple

it's so simple to fall for one like you
and falling's a great word for what i do
more depth inside the dimple of your cheek
than works of anyone that i might name
to work you up
                       sometimes i really try
it's hard i really love that it's so hard
in case my bullshit never wears you down
here's something that i wrote at 3am

there's things i'd like to do with only you
burn my knuckle on the smooth of your cheek
feel a whisper under my nose that smells
like something that i know i won't forget
until it's gone
                 
                     i'd like to make you feel
like a needle's eye getting threaded quick
i'd like you to know that you reduce me
from someone kinda smart and kinda brave
to someone hovering for far too long
over a memory that's yet to come
i am so simple
                     so forgive me, love
i am a castle haunted by a ghost
that never existed save for right here

just know
               next time you gussy up that there's
a man someone you might not ever meet
living somewhere you might not ever be
with dreams that he believes are
                                              so simple

to go and get a coffee just for kicks
then die between your lipstick and your lips