when i write about love
mitski - my love, mine all mine when I write about love it is for the girl I grew up with, it is for my father and my mother and the three guys I've known since grade three it is for the girls who met me at 15 and the two that remained till 22 if I write about love I write about the love I understand and know well I write about love for others; love I wrap with compassion love I try to contain in silly words and letters or love that I witness - people loving despite a daughter that seems happier a mother that is still a bride a man who walks a mile to fetch flowers and then some when the florist has no iris yes, it is well known and my fate is etched on silver with gold if I write about love it is for others it is for others it is for others ~ ៷