lake drive

lake drive

riding and laughing
nervously in the night

we've got no secrets

when your eyes twinkle
i know i've been right
all along

you,
just like the night full of stars
(which i can see reflecting off the
river warmer than my hands
as they pick at dead
skin that will someday scar),
cannot lie
to me

my fingernails cannot hide the dirt
but i'll get clean with washing