You took the last of all your memories
And sealed them in a box
Your contact on my phone is empty
No favorites or recent history

And the silence passing between blue-lit screens
The reminders that you lost me
Think back on that wispy September day
Where oceans and sharp rocks
Paved the way
Noir ballet flats slipped on ice
The rest was history

Now every afternoon I shake
Missing smiles and my heartstrings
Tugging on my emotional brain
You had the answers written on your hand
A cheat
Then I withstood
The two-sided coin
You flipped on me

Disconnected by depression
Of loveless words and lost dreams
Harder than anticipated
This tainted string tying you to me

The months rolled out like petals
withered by weathering
Wind and rain, unquenched affection
Drew up a storm, unsettling and restless
With a twirl, they produced chaos

My words were under fire
No peace, no cause, no trying
You scooped me up and drowned me
Left a thin straw to breathe
I relied on you for everything

Now every afternoon I shake
Missing smiles and my heartstrings
Tugging on my emotional brain
You had the answers written on your hand
A cheat
Then I withstood
The two-sided coin
You flipped on me

Another year, I breathed September with you
Torn between living and to live
No apologies or bold declarations
Just drops on my blue-lit screen

A peace gone stale, no force changed it
Reminders locked and caged in
My hair was cut shorter, in spite
And my worn-out ballet shoes
remained

Now every afternoon I shake
Missing smiles and my heartstrings
Tugging on my emotional brain
You had the answers written on your hand
A cheat
Then I withstood
The two-sided coin
You flipped on me
September greeted me differently

This time, I'm the one to please
Salty air didn't save me
But now I live in September
All for me
At last, autumn grants a new possibility