In a silent notebook you write a list of undesirable things
You number them 1-3, entitled 'I hope these don't happen to me'
I hope I don't move away
I hope my won't parents separate
And go on to find new people
Like an ocean finds new waves
And each day you wanted to say "just stay"
We're out and I watch your face change from a smile to near-disdain
(But we wait)
A recording of an argument that affected you in a way in which I wondered if it took you back to a day in which you made a list that says
I hope I don't move away
I hope my parents won't separate
And go on to find new people
Like a morning finds a new day
I hope I don't move away
I hope my parents won't separate
And go on to find new people
Like an ocean finds new waves
And each day you wanted to say "just stay"
Three years
How could it have been?
Plane rides
Leaving sweet Jesse
To decide if I should stay here