can't let go

i can't let go of the South,
the drugs, i think,
i can't live without

can't let go
of yr feet dangling from our window
last spring and
yr homemade earrings,
i'm pulling

at yr lobes,
i can't let go of the empty Pimm's,
skeletons, who needs them,

and dreams, what have you,
i can't let go
of words that have no meaning,
i keep searching, searching

through broken things,
yr ankle, three places,
my empty Miller cases,
this place,

i can't let go
of the smell on yr pillow,
the idea of home
and the songs we sang about it

i can't let go
of the water, the trains,
the tracks that lead to this pain
i can't let go