101-N

“I’m gonna teach you how to love me
Slowly, on a road trip down the coast.
I want to show you how to tame me—along with all of my ghosts.

You beg me to guide you through me (as if souls were streets on a map).
So you can hit all of my green lights
So you can bend me until I snap;

You’ll take me to where the waves are crashing. To where marigolds blend with the sky
To wash off all of our sins.
To pretend you’re a little bit mine.

I will teach you how to love me:
every curve and every stop sign
You’ll believe you’ve finally tamed me.
And I’ll let you, one last time.”