my heart ticks in beat with [these kids that i grew up with]

its in the way the city lights up
its in the way we felt like giants upon model cars
its in the way i cant ever take you back
i wouldn't choose to
a skipped line on a contract reads:
caution, attachments may form
and oh how they have
the way i fall in love every time were all together
something i wouldn't give up for the world
all the diamonds and all the riches wouldn't make me give you up
how we climbed to the tallest point
and our names
something true upon the slang and vandalism
i hope its there forever
and if its not,
ill recarve it again and again
to let the world know
that what we have will never die
severed distance will only lead to tighter strings attaching our hearts
because they all tick together already
one
beat
at
a
time