shy kid knees always bruised the daddy s girl that became you in the front seat you pulled me close kissed my lips it tasted like home flashes of crosswords and chamomile the years pass like a ferris wheel tiny fractures in the form the days we live so much more we got a little place near the beach we watch the sailboats out at sea and we ride along the palisades love is just a summer day if you hold too tight it starts to fade let it go then it floats away in time will you remember me for a second we had everything half awake and sunburned searching vines of summer aimless and upwards 2