it comes with the night

the night brings vulnerability 

the same one that brought me to you,

that laid me gently by your side.

the night brings vulnerability 

in the parked cars around the corner 

and in the bars you used to like

that i pass on my way home. 

the night brings vulnerability 

in my thoughts as i allow myself

to picture you under the streetlight that flickers.

waiting for me.

with words of regret that spill onto me,

you’d hold me and call me by all of my names

it feels so real, i can feel your hands clasping mine

and your breath against my own. 

but the street is empty 

it’s just me under that flickering light

and deep down i know that you

are never coming back.

-c.s-m