A Minute of Your Time

You said I always knew you best
But every breath was second-guessed
The movies and the midnight rides
The mixed up world inside
I kept a list of the things you said
Another of what I heard instead
That’s the one I memorized, as I
I searched for the rare and wise
The clover I could never find was just
A minute of your time A minute when you felt the same as I
Necklaces and silver shoes
Purple shadows, cherry rouge
Any glance that I could steal
Never did quite reveal
The nature of you steady plan
No hesitations in you hands
I drank your potion without fear
Until I finally disappeared