first dates with drowning

i always hated dominoes
they matched and were the same
never seven spots
never bright pink
never shaped like hearts and stars and the way london looks from a plane window
i think if we were dominoes
i would be the blank one
and you would be a sharpie
[we never were ones to take the easy route]

too many times i have said stupid things
worst thing, best time, remember?
i do not want you in love with cigarettes and rum
i want you in love with me
[i have enough scars]

i have sunburn secrets whispered on cotton
and some things are worth going blind for
like beautiful girls with boyfriends
and people to trust and lose and love
watching the moon over the sea
there were sleeping dragons in the water
i could have watched the fires forever
[i could have died, i could have died]

we went to the temples of greek myths
where the old king jumped to his death
with black sails for a souvenir
and mismatched socks for a future
the stars lie, sometimes
and palm reading is hard 
when the burns obliterate your love line
[but my life line is okay]

i was watching honeymoon couples kiss in the sunsets
i took some stones
and tried to knock that sun out of the sky
i would rather watch someone die than watch them fall in love
she asked me what would i do if i ever had cause
to want a sunset
and i told her i would get a fishing line
because in the home of myths and legends
one more story would not hurt
[all the time i remembered your smile]