I casually looked up
from flicking through some book
I saw the way you stood
Hell, we’d better look alive
while we’ve got the time…
You met me by The Globe
the whole world waiting with bated breath
you were purring ”are you in?”
O, I’m in…
We blew along the Southbank
for one night only
kissing by the wheel
I kissed you deep within the shadows
a thousand lights tied in the trees
My hand reaching, slowly, for yours
as the tower struck out its chimes
and the moonlight on the Thames
never looked so fragile…
If there is any kind of magic
it is between two bodies
that understand and share
something elemental
The taxi driver asked
if you were my wife
I turned
looked into your eyes
and I lied
Your plane’s leaving in the morning
its engines ticking in our bloodstream
for tonight; there’s no tomorrow
we’ll just indulge this feeling
In some other world
it would be alright
in some other life
this lasts a lifetime
A little kiss of magic
brightens the edges of our lives
it was a little kiss of magic
lighting the edges of our lives
But the moonlight on the Thames
never felt so fragile…
[2017]
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