Sunday, September 2, 2012

silhouettes and streetlights.



in a corner of paris 
in a darkened studio
amidst a disarray of tangled limbs 
and pillows on the floor
your breath is slow and even
your lips pressed against my throat
you smile in your sleep 
and i wish i could go where you go
when your dreams carry you away 

the sky is dark, bluish gray 
and the leaves are burnished gold
the days end quickly 
and though the nights are cold
the window is flung open 
and on the streets below
a single set of headlights 
illuminates the snow
drifting down lazily 
as the moment seems to slow
and you shiver in your sleep 
and reach out to bring me close
there's a pause between our heartbeats 

running through the darkness 
with my hand held in yours
silhouettes against streetlights 
that set the night aglow
though there are many places 
that i have called my own
there's never any doubt you are my home 

stumbling over cobblestones 
in the narrow streets of rome
pressing our tongues against 
melting ice cream cones
wandering through ruins 
where sound speaks in echoes
our laughter is mingling 
with centuries of hope
as we stand at a fault line 
of the new world meeting old

running through the darkness 
with my hand held in yours
silhouettes against streetlights 
that set the night aglow
though there are many places 
that i have called my own
there's never any doubt you are my home 

when the adventure is ending 
and drawing to a close 
i will hang up my hat 
and take off my coat
and when i'm writing the epilogue 
to the grandest story told
there will never be any doubt you were my home

running through the darkness 
with my hand held in yours
silhouettes against streetlights 
that set the night aglow
though there were many places 
that i called my own
there was never any doubt you were my home
there was never any doubt you were my home