Nights with you

We are looking at the stars 
because we like to remind ourselves 
of the things that are strong enough 
to be seen through the darkness.
We are pressing our legs together 
and holding our hands 
just to feel a little closer tonight 
and all I ever wanted was this, 
just you and me and nothing else. 
I want to spend as long as I can 
laughing into your chest 
and feeling your warmth. 
I want us to sit, 
drinking soda from the same straw 
and asking all the questions 
that no one else asks. 
You're telling me why you 
never really liked your parents 
and my hair is blowing in the wind
and for the first time 
I think I may have done something right. 
We talk about regrets 
and you ask me if I would leave everything the same 
if I had the chance to do it all over again, 
and I think I would, 
just for the right here, 
the right now, 
the mess of a girl I had to be 
to stumble my way right into your arms. 
And you're not perfect, 
and I'm not naive, 
and we both know our hearts can't feel this way forever, 
but we're strong enough to hang on for another day, 
and that's all that matters. 
I think this is the kind of love that disappears soft 
and beautiful 
and fast like the sunset. 
And maybe I'll forget about you. 
But I'll always carry you with me, 
the boy who saw all my flaws and stayed. 
I think if we're lucky enough, 
memories of nights like these will always 
come back to us when we need them. 
Someday someone will look at me 
like if I was everything they've ever wanted 
and for just a split second, 
I'll remember the exact color of your eyes.

— m.f. // Nights with you