The road was busy with cars passing by that night but all I see was gazillion stars surrounding me and there you were, my one and only Jupiter. I felt like we were in our own Milky Way, so spacious and the gravity lifted up my body, reaching it to you so slowly. I saw that smile, that face, that figure I've missed so much it hurt my bones, crashing my heart into atoms, leaving its safe place to dusk. Then your voice woke me from my dream, back to reality. That you were there at that moment, I just wanted to hold you like never letting you go, never let you slip off of my hands, my sight. You asked me if I miss you, I said yes. Then you asked me again, how much do I miss you and I answered a lot, I miss you a lot! It was my turn to ask you the same question and you told me you miss me a little but I knew you were lying, you must have missed me a lot too while you were away. Oh boy, I can never describe how happy I am, whenever I am with you.

these are the words they etch on your skin,
sentimental. selfish. too loud.
this is the legacy you leave behind,
vicious. violent. too proud.

this is all you try to be,
stronger. better. more.
while they stand and watch and turn their backs
as you crash and burn and fall.

but stand just a little straighter,
hold your head up high, my love,
you never had to be perfect,
or more than they deserved.

the due you owe for your place on this earth?
no silver. no gold. no fee.
nor is it for you to be flawless, faultless.
but simply just to be.

remember those  nights
we   placed hooks  in  our  eyes?

waiting in our  sleep
to catch  the  white tailed lies
that  swam inside our bed

do  you  remember those nights?

we   should, instead,  have  walked
the  chrome stacked  streets
that  rolled like silver  eels
amongst stub ends
sailing on tarry  keels

in that  vanishing space between
the  night -clubs gaudy  hush
and  a  needful capital morning rush

before the  coffee,
before the  bread,
before the  morning headlines
but  we   chose  hooks

do  you  remember?