From the drivers seat I could scarcely eye the street Your skin was bathed in amber light And rain streaks And for the remainder of the ride You slept silent beside From cradled heart-shaped cheeks And legs crossed at the knee I turned 22 and wrapped in tangled sheets with you On the unfamiliar floors Of people that you knew Now we move far and out of touch k** pleasantries in such And truth be told, I think of you much too much And once I whispered soft discreet, as you lay beside asleep Your mouth agape and sweet With bookends on your knees And with pressed palms against my eyes I still see you on that drive Your face bathed in amber light As you slept silent beside