i’ll cross my heart

you’re the one.

but no one truly knows

surely everyone thinks

who they have

is their forever.

but how many of those

don’t work out?

how many

cross their hearts

but are wrong?

and i don’t want to be wrong.

i want to stay with you,

keep your hand in mind,

never feeling it slip away.

i want to keep you,

a prized possession,

wild and beautiful,

your light never fading.

until the day you get farther

and i strain to see your flicker

as you drive away,

that car parked in my driveway

so many times

but now i see the back

and i will never see it again.

i crossed my heart

and i was wrong.

and now

i will never cross my heart

again.