
Highlighter on your coffee cup
That chipped blue rim
That lipstick ring
You laughed too hard
You messed me up
Now every small thing starts to sting
You said
“It’s nothing”
But it shook my spine
Lines I keep tracing
Over time
You’re underlined in my mind
Bold in every margin I find
Every page
Every thought I write
There you are
There you are in bright
You’re underlined in my mind
Can’t erase
Can’t blur that sign
Every word keeps pulling me back in
(yeah, back again)
Your sweater snagged on my front gate
You waved it off
“I’m always late”
I fold that thread like some old note
Stuffed in the pocket of my coat
I try to skim through
But I hit that line
Circling phrases
One more time
You’re underlined in my mind