Earth went silent, London fell asleep
She dreamed of winter where you appeared to me
Perfect timing as new petals in November
A tender creature, a fever, disarming, fluorescent
There you were with your mirror
Shining the world all over me
There I was with my butterfly net
Trying to catch your light
I collected stupid ashes
so that after you'd gone I could hold onto something
But you stayed unwavering through every false goodbye
Unsubsiding, pining, for now and for never
There you were with your mirror
Shining the world all over me
There I was with my butterfly net
Trying to catch your light
Oh if only the umbrella of the sky
Could wrap us up and up
That's where I'd zoom in close, dilated as your eyes
But til then I'll keep it brief
Take this bag of wings and drown it in the thames
And wake tomorrow, hollow, hardly forgetting
There you were
There I was with my butterfly net
Trying to catch your light