Night

Lets

Break away

From this night of

Second chances

Where we meet,

As a river

Flowing nowhere.

Come

With your hair

Untied

Your body

Bruised

Reach me

In the only way

You know.

Greet

The day and

Hidden sounds

Of a forgotten banquet,

Swallowed tears

And ebbing mascara.

Remember

Not to tear away

From the embrace

Of fire

Or burning,

Of the lips

And eyes

Like fireflies

Dancing

In the dark.