The taxi cars side
By my side
Illuminate the night
and I am hiding
in the dark
on this dirty strip of gutter
You told me to meet you
In the carpark
I waited an hour
That’s an hour too long
And it was cold
I pulled my dress down
Over my knees
And chattered teeth
Watching the drunkards
At the end of the street
Waiting for you to part
Through the crowd
Like an apparition
And save me from
This rejection.
Nocturnal
You kiss me in the dark
Lest anyone see
There be meaning
behind
unreadable eyes
A conscious
Accuses me
of feeling
more than I should
Only a silly girl
Would make that mistake
and even if I believe
I would never
let you see
Lest that testament
End it for me.
am defined –
You prefer the blond
enough that
I cried this morning
For a colour long lost
To an impulsive
Friday night
When I thought
Fire would better
My sense of self
And now bitter –
I am floating
On a haze
Of the days
Coming
My misery
Defined
For all the world
To see
The colour
I used to be.