Musikmaedchen

My city's still breathing (but barely it's true)
through buildings gone missing like teeth.
The sidewalks are watching me think about you,♥
sparkled with broken glass.
I'm back with scars to show.♥
Back with the streets I know
Will never take me anywhere but here.
The stain in the carpet, this drink in my hand,♥
the strangers whose faces I know.
We meet here for our dress-rehearsal to say " I wanted it this way"
Wait for the year to drown.
Spring forward, fall back down.
I'm trying not to wonder where you are.♥
All this time lingers, undefined.
Someone choose who's left and who's leaving.
Memory will rust and erode into lists of all that you gave me:
a blanket, some matches, this pain in my chest, ♥
the best parts of Lonely, duct-tape and soldered wires,
new words for old desires,
and every birthday card I threw away.
I wait in 4/4 time.♥
Count yellow highway lines that you're relying on to lead you home.