When You Loved Me

I look to the west

The sun blinds me

I shade my eyes

Your gaze finds me

I lose my breath

She looks at you

My head reels

You look back

You make her feel

Like I used to

I recall when you first touched me

Haunted by your face above me

You

It was always you

With your broken crown

Touched me like holy ground

And I so eager to believe

So sincereso naive

Back when you loved me

I look to the sky

Small birds fly

On a black line

One falls behind

I hear it cry

The sun shines through

Your water glass

It lights up her dress

It magnifies

What I regret

I recall when you first touched me

Haunted by your face above me

You it was always you

With your broken crown

Touched me like holy ground

And I so eager to believe

So sincere so naive

Back when you loved me

Living with your memory now

It's being lost at sea now

It's dragging me

It's dragging me

Dragging me down

You it was always you

With your broken crown

Touched me like holy ground

And I consumed with poetry

The kind that brought me to my knees

Back when you loved me

I look to the west

I hope that bird has found its way

The sun slips away