Sometime around midnight

Or at least that's when you lose yourself for a minute or two

As you stand

under the bar lights

And the band plays some song about forgetting yourself for a while

& the piano's this melancholy soundtrack

to her smile

& that white dress she's wearing

you haven't seen her for awhile

But you know

That she's watching

She's laughing, she's turning

She's holding her tonic like a crux

The room's suddenly spinning

She walks up & asks how you are

So you can smell her perfume

You can see her lying naked in your arms

& so there's a change

in your emotions

& all these memories come rushing like feral waves to your mind

Of the curl of your bodies, like two perfect circles entwined

& you feel hopeless and homeless
and lost in the haze of the wine

Then she leaves

With someone you don't know

But she makes sure you saw her
She looks right at you and bolts

As she walks out the door, your blood boiling
Your stomach in ropes

Oh & your friends say, "What is it? You look like you've seen a ghost."

Then you walk

Under the streetlights

& you're too drunk to notice that everyone's staring at you

You just don't care what you look like, the world is falling around you

You just have to see her.

You just have to see her.

You just have to see her.

You just have to see her.

You just have to see her
You know that she'll break you in two.



- by The Airborne Toxic Event