#perfectnight
The body language was obvious;
It ended with a kiss.
Instead of me fleeing
Without reason—
You puckered your lips;
In, almost, a romantic way
To say, an official, Goodbye,
You said,
“Take Care”,
Which is worse,
And I inherited
Your carefree distaste for this world;
It was as if you didn’t care,
But you came to like me
In a world so damaged;
We were perfect
With one little kiss at the gate;
I learned to hate you
When you wouldn’t say a word
And words became meaningless,
Because the rest of the kisses never came,
Because
We hate the world together,
But we blame one another
For the world hating our characters
And the rest of the kisses never came
And we blamed one another.
©2025EllenFinn
Nov 13, 2025
Nov 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM UTC
Driving home from your favorite spot
Curled up in the passenger seat
Of my grandmother’s car
Because I couldn’t focus on
The pavement lines
I was too infatuated with the smell of
My grape cigars and
Your black cherry cigarellos
Chasers
To the last of
Your keef
One arm out the window
Feeling the summer air cool
As the sun drops
Below the horizon
I can’t take my eyes
From my cracked mirror
Smashed by a mailbox
A few miles back
Through the cracks I watch
Your fingers run
Through your too long brown hair
The same color
As your mellowed out eyes
You never look my way
But you feel my gaze
And your perfect lips turn upward
Into your stunning smile
And as the cause of that grin
I glow like the embers
Of our final cigars
Stamped out quickly
The next morning
As you leave me in your
Unbroken rearview
Cigarette out the window
Smiling the whole way
And never looking back
Aug 9, 2014
Aug 9, 2014 at 10:53 PM UTC