It was the night of the election,
Of second chances and weary glances.
We lay in a college dorm room
Among a mess of facts and figures
Blaring from the sideboard.
They traced the states in red and blue
And you traced my back in
Less than certain shades.
They talked about the closeness in their
Stiff collared shirts and I laughed
Because they knew nothing of it.
Of how you drew me in, with green eyes and
Butterflies and talked of tenuous little feelings
That I wanted so much to believe in.
Sometimes the good guy is clear as
Day and Night, but all I saw was
Grey.
I don't know who won, not really.
All I knew was;
He would go
First kisses are conspicuous, loud, empty.
Induce a special brand of arrogance,
'We'll get married and have three kids';
Fairytale's for bedtime reading.
Anchor-less; no pain when something unseen
Seeks to separate.
Just the simple opening of an empty book.
No hook, no line, no sinking.
But now the volume thickens and to recite
Each submissive word is easier than breathing.
The ending nears, but you put it off
By brewing the kettle and painting your nails.
Last kiss on a dark road,
Illuminated by headlights.
The bindings pull apart and
Pages scatter like memories
Into the night.