I’m trying to write a poem about you
but all I can think of
is the song that you showed me.
The one that you want me to sing for you.
I am stuck on you
like chewing gum
under those desks we talk to.
Scribbling down lyrics on the wood
from songs that weren’t made for us
but fit
like I know my hand would in yours.
My voice may not have sung for you yet
but my heart is an entire orchestra.
Incomplete version tweeted by Kate Clanchy on 20th April, 2018