It’s easier to fall in love at night
where strangers roam empty roads, escaping from the demons that shackle their ankles and hover over their hearts,
where strangers park their cars in empty parking lots and divulge their deepest secrets until their strangers no more.
It’s as if the night holds secrets and everyone speaks in hushed tones
I feel safer at night with you then during the day with anyone else,
maybe it’s because the night is our private affair, away from prying eyes and obligations are a thing of the morning
I’ll watch the lights turn from red to green and yellow as if it’s a way of seeing time moving forward because with you here, illuminated under flickering lights, it feels as though time is standing still
“It’s 2:00 am,” you say as a start of a goodbye and I can’t help but think I’d give you all my hours if it meant lying with you,
I’ll take eternity in the night with you where it’s safe and we’ll whisper sweet nothings
But instead I smile sadly with sleep coating my eyes and we travel back to the familiar road of my place.
When I reach my bed I’ll stay up another hour just to think of you and our 2am kiss goodbye.