i needed an escape; I went out, went somewhere
anywhere because i needed to leave and
what now?
i walked and walked until i stopped
and sat down with my bum on my heels and looked
until i could feel particles
buzzing in my feet from the cut off circulation but i still looked until
the light of the stars was burned into my eyelids
i closed my eyes and got up off the ground and
stomped the blood back into my feet but when i turned to go back
there she was
illuminated by the streetlight and i
was frozen
captivated by her beauty
and i was standing in the middle of the road like an idiot
but my legs were suddenly wires
not firm wires they were thin and breakable and i was sure i had
collapsed but then i was walking toward her and i gave her a
hand and we were walking
hand in hand
alongside the sleeping cars and empty shop windows
and there was a silence between us but
not really a silence more like a language
only we understood and we were
both barefooted and i felt
my heart
skip a beat
every time i looked at her and
every time she looked at me
i knew
we were both boundlessly happy and
i knew
that we would be okay
by the time time ran out for us
