I CAN'T CHANGE

I wish you'd change the way
you looked at me

or the fact that I'm not too pretty
but maybe this way is how it outta be.

the way you lit your
cigarette makes the smoke
in our eyes evaporate like

the little flame we burned out
and somehow I wish you stayed
not forever but a little longer.

the way you licked your thumb and index finger to flip the page of our favorite book

is the same way you licked the spoon to our cookie dough mixture

or maybe it was the way I kissed your neck
and told you about my mistakes

in between the f.uck you's
and I love you's,

we were at peace inside of my world

and the only way I wish you stayed

is by never fixing the things
I can't change