Ruyen Phan - Cherry

Baby, I swear that when I held you in my arms outside our highschool, the trees was cherry blossoms. That — when you buried your face into my chest, I looked around and saw pink snow in the air, and that was when I knew, that I watched too much anime. That’s why I learned to play the bass two months after, I wanted to be cool, I should’ve learned to play the guitar instead. 

Maybe then we would have talked more after we shared those beers in your dorm on Indian (Indigenous) you had a man back in the Bronx, start of a pattern. Homies said “quit it” I would have started for you, I should’ve said “no” when you asked that question I’m sorry I forgot it was February 14th when you were helping me hit your bong, the smoke framing your face, I still wanna see you dance in it, I still want my tupperware back. Everytime I text you my heart beats faster, like I ain’t tall enough for this ride, I gotta start playing the guitar again, cause baking ain’t work. Take my name out your schedule, I’m not worth your time. I can’t justify it, I just wanna see cherry blossoms.