it's inevitable, he says.
it's love, she says, but he swallows the whisper and calls it a kiss.

it's the future, they say.
it's a memory, she says.

she's always running away,
she calls it moving on.
he practices self-deception,
and calls it living.

it's an eclipse, they say.
it's the end of the world, she says.

it doesn't make any sense he says.
it's love, she says.
it's love, she says.
it's love.

wrong time, he says.
wrong girl.
wrong life.
wrong choice.

stop putting words in my mouth, he says,
in her head.

if you only knew, she says.
if you only let me, he'd say.