I am lonely
I say to the dark eyed stranger
I should move, I think.
That would be the right thing to do.
Ignoring the self that I know so well
I stay.

******* slowly behind the thin fabric
I want him to notice my silhouette in the morning light

I will take you anywhere you want to go, he says to me and I want to let him

We fly through the night of a million fireflies-
Stumble downhill together in the darkness.

******* myself slowly again
behind the thin fabric
between us

I change out of my flowing skirts of freedom
back into the uniform of conformity