my mind keeps going back to the night
that we danced on top of the parking garage,
screaming at the city
because it wouldn't let us see the stars.

take yourself out to dinner
if no one else will.
if you don't treat yourself right,
why would you expect
anyone else to?

you went out of your way to "bump into me"
and say hello on a Thursday afternoon.
when I excitedly told my friends,
they brushed it off like it was no big deal.
I guess this sort of thing
doesn't happen to me very often.

if I hadn't been wearing glasses,
would you have noticed my eyes
and wanted to look into them
for the rest of your life?

they say that
"the world will break your heart
ten ways to Sunday,"
but it's only Monday night,
and I already don't want to
get out of bed tomorrow.

while she was flirting with you,
you looked straight into my eyes
and I swear the world stopped.
did you feel the same?

it's funny how you think you're moving
in the right direction,
but then one day, you're driving down I-195.
windows down, blasting the song that goes
"oh dear, you look so lost."
not sure if you're running towards something,
or running away.