7, 488

7,488

My expiration date
Arrives in a week
I’m great, but past the date
Once forgotten
I go rotten

Time hasn’t passed
Our time went by too fast

I keep trying to convince you
So here’s my last shot
It’s just seven thousand
Four hundred and eighty eight miles
It feels like a million
But it’s not

Twelve thousand fifty one kilometers
Between you and me
It’s nothing when you look at the world
Objectively

We’re closer to each other
Than the north and south pole
I’m closer to you
Than with anyone I know

I keep trying to convince you
So here’s my last shot
It’s just seven thousand
Four hundred and eighty eight miles
It feels like a million
But it’s not

There’s more to it
But still it’s a start
It’s less than eight thousand miles
That keeps us apart

We both own a phone
I once owned a heart
But when I came home
It shattered apart

I stood at the ocean’s edge
On my side of the Pacific
One step closer to you
And it felt terrific
It was so blue
I was, too
I try

I keep trying to convince you
So here’s my last shot
It’s just seven thousand
Four hundred and eighty eight miles
It feels like a million
But it’s not

You don’t see it the same
But I understand
Might as well be a million
When you’re not holding my hand

It’s just
Seven thousand, four hundred, eighty eight miles
Twelve hundred dollars plus tax for the flight
The change of the seasons
Our family and friends
Your job
My career
Your new girlfriend
who’s with you each night
Okay it’s a lot
It really feels like
there’s a million reasons to forget you
But there’s not

Time hasn't passed
Our time went by too fast
Once forgotten
I go rotten
So don’t wait