
it's just us, now
This summer, the radio sings
"just because it's over doesn't mean it's really over"
the perfect anthem for hot nights of lust and flings
drowning in bittersweet cocktails
underneath clear skies and
Mercury, now in retrograde
We have been stronger than
the seasons,
the planets, and the stars
Two weeks ago my head lay on your chest
and I could feel my spirit melting into yours with each breath
a pathway forming from me to you
lined with pomegranates and chrysanthemums
I leave the promise of spring behind
for a world that runs deeper
Unlike his brothers, for the lord
of down below
there has only ever been one
Two years, and just like that
my hair grows long and tangles with flowers
an eclipse of the moon and sun guiding me
on the familiar path down
Mortals, they don't understand
why I must leave them
They would keep me dancing through the woods
As we look out over our kingdom
he holds me, every time like the first,
whispering visions of the future into my lips