The way I would take, say,

Contraband

Something I'm not allowed to have
But best administered in small doses
Not even on a regular basis

Drawn to you, like faint, bright lights on a dark night
Blinking at the far end of the road
Waiting, but
I'm not even sure if they're real

I'd take you all in
Clear waters I would drown myself in
And never having to come up for air

I'd rather breathe you in
Sweet familiar scent of 3am walking around the city,
Endless 2am rooftop conversations,
And the 4am anticipation of sunrises
In last night's clothes of drinks and dancing
To the music of our laughter filling the air and
Shots of attraction that burned our throats,
Quenched our thirst

But left us still

So parched and wanting more

Than electric shocks of desire quickly coursing through our veins

Giving me nostalgic chills twenty years down the road
In tomorrows we won't share
Because we'd rather fall off cliffs now and

Dance around the inevitable

Tonight
And all those nights

As we break free of all our memories

The photographs, little notes in library books, restaurant receipts, and movie tickets
All the little snippets of all those moments

We'll always have

But can never take to
Tomorrow and
All the way down that road

So here we'll part

Sometime
When you're lost
In another long story you're recalling
In great detail, for my sake

I'll take a left

And you won't even see me disappear

Hey,
I'll tell myself
Over
And over
Again

At least I get to keep you
In the faintest of afterglows.