This is How Things Fall Apart by Abigail McGovern

This is How Things Fall Apa r t

By Abigail McGovern

If I could, I would turn back all of the clocks I would be un-tragic, un-lost, and break open all these old locks Twist time in the other direction and live it all in reverse “I love you” would sound more like a promise and less like a curse The rain would fall upward, from the ground to the sky And this time when we jumped we wouldn’t fall, we would fly I would un-break the windows and un-bolt the doors If I could, I would be so much more

And this is how things fall apart And this is what it looks like inside a broken heart And this is what it feels like when we part

When we live it this time ‘round I’ll remember to keep my head from the clouds And an outstretched hand would be to help the wounded to their feet Not a “goodbye, hope never to meet” When the storm clouds roll and the rain falls again This time it’ll be to wash away the pain If I shatter, you’d pick up the pieces of me Neither one of us would be broken, neither one would bleed

And this is how things fall apart And this is what it looks like inside a broken heart And this is how we make a new start