If You Will

Late September nights, giving you what's yours
back up off that edge girl you're too close

too close

always in a rush, can you go slow?

Besides

this time of year we see the fall 

of many things

too early in the season to be falling

into anything

even though

I see that you got everything.

Besides

you say you know your share of heartaches

setting fire to the grass and finding charred snakes

dark nights always coming after daybreaks

and the inevitable game of give and takes

ending with zero sum scores and thrown stones

and the eventual ruination of glass homes

but

I'll build again if you will.

Besides,

these days what lasts anyway, regret? remorse?

maybe only things that are done behind closed doors

on late September nights fighting small wars

forgive me my yesterday and I'll forgive you yours.