Lanuza - The Last Time Ill Write About You

Also by Dawn Lanuza The Boyfriend Backtrack What About Today The Hometown Hazard Break-Up Anniversary The Last Time Ill Write About You copyright 2018 by Dawn Lanuza. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews. Andrews McMeel Publishing a division of Andrews McMeel Universal 1130 Walnut Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64106 www.andrewsmcmeel.com www.dawnlanuza.com ISBN: - - 4494 - 9496-4 Edited by Layla Tanjutco Cover design by Reginald Lapid ( society .com/reglapid) Illustrations by Luntian Dumlao ( instagram.com/luntiandumlao) Library of Congress Control Number: 2017951835 Editor: Patty Rice Art Director: Holly Swayne Production Editor: Elizabeth A. Garcia Production Manager: Cliff Koehler Digital Production: Kristen Minter ATTENTION: SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES Andrews McMeel books are available at quantity discounts with bulk purchase for educational, business, or sales promotional use. To young hearts, Keep beating. To young hearts, Keep beating.

Keep breaking. Keep falling in love.

The First SUNBEAM You light up the room Wherever you go With your wit and charm You turn things around. You light up the room Youre a rush of blood Youre a ray of sun You lighten me up. THE OBJECT OF MY I love the way you look Your eyes, they twinkle Your lips, they curl Your whole spirit lifts. I love the way you look As I watch you across the room That is until you looked at me And nothing else could compare.

WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU Your hand How you held the small of my back Your fingers How they grasped mine as we crossed the street Your feet How they led us to your room The chain on your neck How it slid through my fingers as I pulled you in Your eyes How they spoke to me Your bed How it welcomed us both Your lips Oh, how they silenced my doubts

You are the dream But Ive had wake-up calls IN A NUTSHELL Im not brave enough to love you The same way Youre not strong enough to take me on. He was good for you. I don t doubt it. Then whyd you let him go? I wasnt good for him. BOTTOM LINE This is how its going to be: A million unanswered questions, A thousand books youd never ask me to read, A hundred movies wed never fall asleep in together, A couple of songs I wont hear you sing in the shower, A few words I would never interrupt with a kiss, A piece of you, Ill miss every single day. This is how its going to be.

I should be alright with that. TRUTH You read these things And you ask the world, Why doesnt it happen To someone like you? Deep in your heart, You know the answer: Its because you dont let it. AND NOW IM RUINED When I met you I always wondered How Id never met Anyone quite like you When we parted I always wondered How everyone else Reminded me of you DECOY Youre not it Although you filled in that spot quite convincingly. Youre not it Can you get up from that seat so we can move along accordingly? CONSPIRACY THEORY We always had our thing Even when we were fighting We were allies, Partners in crime We built each others walls up To keep others out.

The Pull CONFESSION I told everyone I love you Sorry if they knew before you To be fair, I think everyone knew Before I did, too. CONSISTENCY I don t think you think of me The way I think of you For you do so only sporadically While I have you in me Constantly.

HEAD COUNT How many of us Have slept in your bed Which one did you intend to keep How many of us Held up your head While you continued to sleep How many of us Believed the promises you made How many did you let weep REASONS FOR REJECTION I hope you know I said no Not because I didnt want to I knew better than to rush it We always seem to fall Into each other too easily So much so that when we part Its like Velcro Gone, in a blink of an eye Painless then But the sound lingers Then haunts I hope you know I want more Than that day stretched into hours I want you every day Kissing me good night Til tomorrow And tomorrow And tomorrow And tomorrow And tomorrow And tomorrow. MIGRATORY BIRDS I watched you move From girl to girl Or has it always been You, moving on from her With me To another Has it always been Me, watching you Never quite knowing How to be with yourself? HH Youre the face of innocence, Of sunny days, Long and leisurely walks And happy talks. I liked remembering you this way. Youre the face of change, Of late nights, Beer bottles, ashtrays And ignored calls. You broke my heart this way. Youre the face of my youth, Of second and too many chances, Two clasped hands At the back of the car.

I wish we could have just stayed. THE NTH BREAKFAST Hot coffee Burnt tongue Confiding exclusively Of woes unsung Warm hands Kind smile Eyes seeking to understand But you lie. METAMORPHOSIS for Anton I built a cocoon made of stories of you. I intend to stay with your memories Where its warm and good. I built a cocoon made of stories of you. But one day, Ill have to break through.

HABITS A lot of things changed between us Like how I used to hate breakfast And how youd always insist Now Im craving pancakes Coffee, bacon Even at odd hours of the day Meanwhile youve learned To stop asking these things And cared less if Ive missed a meal A lot of things changed between us Like how I cared after you left, And how you just didnt. PEACE TALKS You realize This war could end If we could just Whisper the words, Im sorry As our lips crash? Catch the pain Ill take yours Here, take mine Back and forth. Let s communicate With teeth and lips and tongue.

The Kiss RATIONALE All this time youve been trying To undress me From head to toe All this time Ive insisted That Ive got scars Underneath it all All this time that you dont have anymore All these fears that Ive kept close Yet All this time, Ive been unraveling With all these hopes that youre still watching I doubt it. But here you go. A.M.