Atoms in Evening - A Lot Like Birds

On a bench, dark in autumn, you wore the shadow like a dress

Mixing the whiskey with questions, leaving nothing unconfessed

Your body was drawn in the passing headlights, shapes unseen in the rear view

mirror

You stumbled onto some honesty and then, pressed on and pulled me near

You said if God exists, would you take back the moments you broke the rules or

got fucked up

Could you find regret in a night like this one — would you wanna be forgiven?

You said if God exists, would you take back the moments you broke the rules or

got fucked up

Could you find regret in a night like this one — would you wanna be forgiven?

Are we supposed to be separate?

Are we wrong to try and stay?

If God exists, has it all been worth it or would you wanna be forgiven?

And now that you’re gone and I’m at your headstone, I curse out loud like a bad

prayer

We were the only thing you believed in but I let go

If I’m a Christian by December, would you please forgive me, I only meant to

find God to pass the time

If you can find me while I’m turning over a new leaf, just know I’m looking for

another place to hide

You said if God exists, would you take back the moments you broke the rules or

got fucked up

Could you find regret?

Can you let this go?

Do you have to give in?