I swallowed my saliva Desiccated air It was darker than the city At urban’s edges pretty First Prize Second The ringer goes off in sequence The theme park illuminated Not with lights but with The smell of anticipation Holding our own Felt like holding someone else’s Our footsteps Loud but drummed to the beat of another it paces The Crusaders mediated A brawling debut Of words at the brim Of our throats in disputes Our silence Unlike the night Was warmer than an Afghan 20 kilometres felt like 2 When I am walking alongside Hand not in hand Alongside with you
A recollection of a night walk home with a newly made friend that I will remember forever. "Way Back Home" is a song by The Crusaders, it was the song we were listening to.