He should have known

I met a girl on the windswept Oregon coast
Where I learned pain is for the living
She watched the waves crash from the fog like a sailor's ghost
She said when we die all will be forgiven
We spoke of love and I asked "do you have enough?"
She told me hers got burried with her siblings
And with love like charity, pretty words don't mean a thing
All that matters is that you keep on giving

We spent the winter there most days out by the shore
She said the cold could hardly red her face anymore
But she still wears a scarf and I think I know what for
It's about what you can't afford to lose

I drank her potion I filled my cup
She said one sips enough it's all you will need
But when I drink I drink too much
So I ended up between her sheets
And when I woke I saw she had left a not
Some scribbled words that read like poetry
It's not my first fleeting dance with sobriety
Bit it just hurts bad to watch her leave

She said you think too much and I'm certain I agree
But don't let me find you getting lost in memories
Because we're just friends and that is all we will ever be
Sometimes that's all you need

That's when May arrived with the sun right at its side
And pushed the fog back out over the ocean
And I learned right then that true love could never win
So you had best spend your time finding ways of coping
So I eat and I drink and I sleep
The charmed life of a dissatisfied quotient 
And watch the clock spin, secretly keep hoping
That I'll get so dizzy with the motion

That I fall down and hit my head
and find that everything you said
That when we go we'll be home with the dead
Is true

Sean Killian Mackey

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