I bit my tongue It got me in trouble Tear droplet couples On my crooked face From where they fall A cave like December A cave to remember A cave keeps me safe Safe from the sun Safe from the sidewalk She listens when I talk She knows me so well Like permanent food Old conversations Etched on the pavement Between me and you She spelled my name With peach flower petals A beach built by pebbles Exists at her toes And as she speaks I stop to listen My ear to the base of The bones on her cheek And as we breathe The whole world's a-breathing And all hearts are beating The hearts that remain And oh, how we walk With feet we're controlling Coming and going Wherever we please