Can We Stay Like This Forever? UJU (Ft. Elisha Grace Sabihon)

Green reminds me of the wet grass
We spent most of our summers on
In my head
I can see us running. never not eating
Sitting criss-cross
Hiding in the bushes with splinters
In our feet
Because hide and seek at 3 in the morning
Was a great idea
In the background, a guitar is playing –
Or obnoxious laughter
Followed by hushed whispers
The concept of growing out of things
Didn’t exist in that field, really
But we did grow up

You used to say ‘the sun is in our eyes’
And I sat there
Wondering what that meant
I still do
Did you mean we’d grow old togethеr
Or that we’d take turns saying goodbye?
If I wеre to be honest
I could easily get lost
In the memory of us
Sweating through our shirts
On a couch too small for five people
And you know, horror movies were never really my favorite
But in a heartbeat
I would put on the best one
Just to be that close again
Like the games we used to play in the middle of the night
The fear in my heart
Doesn’t seem to end
At the idea
That we may never find our way back again
Can I call it home without
Knowing if it was ever built to last?