A Billion Bees

I found you grieving in the grass

the sky bled water colored blue

you seemed so simple sure and sad

so i sat down to grieve with you

you raised your hand to shield your eyes

i shifted left to block the sun

you crossed your legs and cleared your throat

i waited for your words to come

but they slept soundly in your chest

they never made it past your tongue

so we sat silently and still

and thought about things we'd done

and all the people that we'd loved

and all the people that we'd wronged

i watched the years flash through your face

and i locked my anger in my lungs

so every breath stung more and more

a wave of whips across my spine

a billion bees trapped in my chest

nails on a chalkboard every time

'til i watched your fingers sneak towards mine

i heard your breath go thin and short

i tucked your hair behind you ears

and i watched your eyes dart back and forth

and i sucked your lip and bit your neck

the trees were shaking at their roots

my angry arms felt cool and calm

and my cotton mouth was wet with you

so we lay glowing in the grass

to watch the sun swap with the moon

to trade our future for our past

the present tense was all we knew