Counterparts and Number Them

Jennifer,
They lied to you.
When they said you couldn't breathe underwater.
(So here it is, the end is near)
I lied, too, when I said that I was hard.
(Never would've thought this might be something you'd so easily discard)
I'm soft
Softer
(Now I see it all so clear)
Than a
(So it seems that when you turned away, you)
Thrift store
(Left)
Thrift store
(A scar)
Thrift store
Sweater.
Twice as worn in.
Twice as worn in.

I was cast away once,
But I will be found again.
This I promise you.
Promise you.