last gulch
One last time
I just want one last time
Not of late deadlines
Or dreadful exams
Or the pain of social isolation
Pain I can't take back
I want one last lesson
For the rest of eternity
One last homework essay
To write and rush
To still achieve excellence
Under youth’s blunt hard thumb
I want one last walk with the dog i had at 5
Before she ‘ran away with a lover’
I know now that she died
I want to hear the song my aunt sang to herself
When she felt afraid
I want to tell her that it soothes me
That I sing it to myself
Every single day
One last time
One last lesson with my favourite teacher
One last time to fake sick
Show my mom and call the school
And slip into the warmth of my blanket
One last laugh with my best school friend
Before 10 years pass
And we become strangers again
I want one last time
That's the whole point isn't it
That it won't last
How tragic and lovely
To begin something that was made to end
One last time
I want to be a child again
One
Last
Time
spark igloo