Reminiscing

Chicago has a silken moon face

sitting in the darkness overtop Wicker park

she is like you but distant

She is soft and full of happiness

You see me smiling as we drift to sleep

I am content as my teeth dry out

In a timeline behind (or ahead?- which ways do I count?)

I am telling you I ripped my teeth from my mouth in my dreams

You remind me of your club and the hobbies that create a full life

It is refreshingly sweet

The contrast

In another

You are speaking to my roommate while I drunkenly fuck up my knit sweater

I am setting it down

But you are engaged and ongoing

There’s summer reaching her limbs throu gh you

Lightness in the way you move and speak

I try to stay away from introspection

As you glow and orbit through a project you off handley excel at

There’s the night that does not end

A bar then another

darts and then snacks

I acknowledge I’ve had a few too many but again

There’s a comfort in knowing maybe you did too

The absence of judgement that creates a joy I regret having not felt for so long

I walk myself home and I do not question it

I just know I am the residual smile from the night spent out with you