Tuesday, April 16, 2013

The Night of the Fireworks


All of the sudden and for no reason
my heart aches like loss and mourning
like future tense nostalgia and time running out
like the time years ago
when my friend’s parents were moving him half a country away
and we held tightly to our last night
trading promises in the dark
and when I finally turned to go
he called me back because there were fireworks
all of a sudden and for no reason
and he held me as we watched
until I broke free crying
running
apologizing
because I couldn’t bear the perfect beauty and tragedy

my heart
now and often
aches like that