years old memories
Ali Soto
I dyed your hair pink
Once on our first date
The one that lasted
Until the next day
The one where you went
To work late and
Then they sent you
Right back home
I called you back on the phone When you told me
You got fired
Because we were
Just too tired
From fucking all night and
Loving all day
What did the waitress at
Dinner say?
"You're so beautiful!"
And the look on your face
Sent me to a different place
Where it's just you and me
With our hands intertwined
Your warm words on my skin
Heavy eyes locked on mine
The bus ride home felt
Twice as long
Just like your hair now
Loving and leaving you
How it felt so wrong and
I can't help but wonder
If my pink is still under
Those rich red layers of love
That never seem not to grow