I want you to know
One thing.
You know how this is:
If I look at the ocean out my window
If I drive freely down the one, the road most traveled by
If I see
The red tides
And wonder why
The dead fish pile high
Or the little girls lie
While they dream of the better days
Why did they have to hurt you?
I want to know the story of when it happened
I’m sorry it all came down to glory then
The sounds, the pavements
Crushing in
The reason for living
Lives in them
And the crazy that awaits you
Is coming for them
I need you
I need you to know
That if certain by silences
I keep thinking of violences
To do to them
For hurting you
I will avenge you again
And destiny is reaching us—
Where we’ve both been dead
But if you think
About it all
You might remember
The time you saw
All the things
Back in the past tense
When we grew up
At the rave and
Stones were thrown
Back at me
For being different
But you would plea
Maybe you would not have
Reincarnated to a boy
That needed to try
And save me so hard now.
I want you to know
One thing.
I love the way
You look already
Don’t try to look my way
Or get me hot and heavy
Just know I love you
With every piece of my sleeve
I want you to be with me.
I’m ready.
(Love, Claudius)
