purple hearts

does this song tell me to

look at all the lonely people

or

look at all the lovely people

all the time it makes my heart break

that the loveliest people

are also the loneliest

let me kiss you sweetheart

if you hold my thigh lightly enough

you won’t have to take that train

back to a place that’s

not home anymore

and when i wake up with bruises

i feel lovely in purple

like a monarch

with a gold crown, crooked

in my pink curls

and i feel lonely all the places

you used to be with me

but not lonely enough that

seeing your lovely face

doesn’t make me cry

because lover

with our purple hearts bruised

we are lonely even together

and the more we hold on

the less lovely

we seem to each other