A Dark Blue Jumper
Everyone was inconsolable,
And the sun didn’t shine as bright as we’d hoped
So our legs stayed a dark beige
(That really wasn’t enough).
And I’m so very sure my eyes were red,
Maybe yours too.
And everyone laughed and everyone laughed
Then everyone cried.
I stole a little piece of you,
You had to come to get a jumper,
You had to come over to realize
What you thought you might have known for a while.
I realized on the cold tiles
Of the bathroom floor
And I was inconsolable,
Did you ever wonder why?
Because, my love,
My dearest love,
I was so afraid, so scared
And did you ever wonder why?
Because, my love,
My dearest love,
I really thought, I’d gone too far.
I really thought I’d lost you.
And there you were on my front doorstep,
Asking for your jumper back.
And you knew,
What I knew.
And that was that, my boy, my boy,
We didn’t even have to try,
It was you and me,
Falling apart and falling in love.
-Me


