Back when you were clean, you kissed my cheek Innocent glee, we discovered The geography of one another's bodies In the arizonan sun of my front lawn You'd wait for the bus to carry me here, back home And in california i ache You told me we'd always be this way You grabbed both of my knees And looked me sturdy in the face You were my poetry You were my everything Where did you go? Where have you been? I gave you a call but received, i received no answer Do you ever think of me? Do i haunt you in your sleep? But you're stuck in this city unable to breath Oh how is life? Oh how is love? Did you try to keep her close when she gave you And she gave you a big shove? You were my poetry You were my everything