you count the seconds at every pacing light
i thought it was so cool the first time i watched
i always lay my seat back, so i can watch the clouds move gracefully
but in reality it's to look at you with my full attention
you play the same songs over, i know them all by heart
but it feels so new when we're together in the dark
when we gently stop on those two lane streets, i watch as the red lights shine on us as if it was heavenly
we'll look at each other, just for a second
we share the same smile but mines is forever patent
treasuring these moments as i know they won't last, forever wishing nights like these were all we had

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PoetryHi, my name is Bree and this is my first project I worked on for some months with the help of my lovely therapist. A collection of 1am poems written during a time where everything felt suffocating and unbearable. Creating this was tough, but I knew...