Tonight

the chill outside pales
in comparison with the icebox of us.
a vacuum pulls you to me --
no, it's not gravity:
you won't stay forever.

but will you stay tonight?
will you stay tonight?

there's heat enough between us
to become arsonists --
just how notorious is up to you.
ashes, ashes
we all fall down.

but will we die tonight?
will we die tonight?

silence stretches across yawning crevices.
(how is it nothingness can echo so loud?)
your matter-of-fact demeanor
cuts me deeper
than we'd ever dreamed.

but will we speak again tonight?
will we speak again tonight?