when I am home I will jump on your bed
the way I always do
and you’ll be next to me
and you and you and you and we’ll
lie on top of each other the way
that all our beds know and
my body will breathe
like it hasn’t for a month
I’ll fall asleep on your bed
please wake me up with laughter
you know the way I look inside
I know how your hand feels in mine
I’ve known this place since before I knew me
before we knew each other
the way we do now
this is a place of laughter
of sadness of that one time
two times three times that you’ve
held me as I cried
so maybe my heart will let the walls slip
and a few tears might leak
we’ll talk and eat until we can’t move
and laugh and hold each other so tight
because now we know
what it is like to be apart
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home is where the heart is
where my feet know every step in the streets
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my head still fits on your shoulder
my arms know their way around your waist
if I bury my head in your hair
I won’t ever let go
let’s stand here for a breath
and hold each other tight
the world can move around us
the city watches our embrace
let me revel in your laughter
the way I know every contour of your face
I’ve watched it grow and change
through thick and through thin
tell me what you’ve been doing
since I saw you last
draw your stories in the air and
I’ll listen to your smile
put your arm through mine
we’ll wander down the road
direction doesn’t matter
as long as I’m with you
thread our hands together
sweaty and warm I’ve held yours
so often the callouses mirror mine
please don’t let me go
remind me who I am
in your home, in mine
I think I forgot how to breathe
steady deep right
make me laugh when I want to cry
you know my inside and my out
tell me it’s okay to be lonely
sometimes I’m not alright
I miss you already
as I walk out the door
I tell myself don’t look back
if I do I might not leave
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how can I daydream about a place that is real