Apart

Even in the midst of your absence

my mind grows an open space

to envision my life with you and will

my way right into your presence

and I wish you were an asshole

but that just isn’t true

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I don’t doubt how true

our love is in your absence

if only you were an asshole

I would want this kind of space

and be indifferent to your presence

So, what I can and will

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do is give myself the will

to live a life that is true

to my heart in your presence

and that the reality of absence

has nothing to do with space

and everything to do with assholes

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who even in my presence

just can’t help but be assholes

but if you convince me absence

makes the heart grow fonder will

you also convince me it’s true

that soon we’ll live in a space

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together and can this space

be full of timeless presents

that will make us stay true

to ourselves and not be assholes

to each other and we will

make sure to never let absence

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determine how much space

we need in each other’s presence

because sometimes it’s true

that sometimes we’re both assholes

so is that something you are willing

to do when we no longer have absence

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between us but the thing is that absence

alone isn’t cutting it because how will

I know I’m the love of your life just not an asshole