flâneur

river ballad - by gray - from my mind to yours

idlygrazing.substack.com · 796 words · saved by 1 readers

and for all these things that could have been different could you still forgive me even though we should have known better we were only kids we were only kids we’re still just children after all and that river still swiftly running our eyes were closed then and i’m afraid to open them now and all those pebbles under my fingertips are worn smooth under the caress of time and perhaps this is how we could heal and perhaps someday i too could be those stones you wrote about a lifetime ago infinite and eternal and immovable. in december i wrote about blooming and in may i listen to the night bloom and if everything you ever loved about the morning was left there by the moon then everything about me worth loving was brought forth by you and what does that say about us now when i still look at those same stars with these eyes that have seen far too much and i wish we were still children i wish we were still just children one foot trapped in the past and the other already lost halfway to nowhe

river ballad are you listening still gray Jun 03, 2025 5 2 Share and for all these things that could have been different could you still forgive me even though we should have known better we were only kids we were only kids we’re still just children after all and that river still swiftly running our eyes were closed then and i’m afraid to open them now and all those pebbles under my fingertips are worn smooth under the caress of time and perhaps this is how we could heal and perhaps someday i too could be those stones you wrote about a lifetime ago infinite and eternal and immovable. in decemb

saved by

related reading