Pretend(ed)

We play(ed) pretend, you and I
Tangling our fingers together
and laughing softly
Fairy lights in cardboard boxes, 
blanket fort over our heads

We play(ed) pretend, you and I
Hiding in closets of old clothes, our hair gethering dust
Our pinkies linked

We play(ed) pretend, you and I
hidden bottles and sparklers in the attic
dancing in the midst of youth
Our minds wander and we let them
sleep is irrelevant when we're
high on togetherness
4 square in the street, taunting
the 1 am strangers

We play(ed) pretend, you and I 
forgetting the sunlight and hiding in sweatpants and hoods, shadowing our faces
Made an extravagent breakfast together
Spilling the orange juice everywhere
You laughed when I kissed your nose
sprawled on your lap watching Youtube

We play(ed) pretend, you and I
The day the trees filtered green sunlight onto my car
Hugged you for 5 minutes before I had to let go
You smelled like the blackberries we'd eaten in the fields an hour earlier
Trying to defy gravity

The last words you spoke to me
were laden with moments and broken with years
They were only 5

Don't give up on me

And you and I
We play(ed) pretend