WE DANCED IN THE SHADOWS (New Poem)

WE DANCED IN THE SHADOWS

The shadows of the darkest of nights

We wept, we cried

But we have not died

It is our affair

No one else’s

We call it our date night

Away from the maddening crowds

Away from the staring eyes

Whose eyes pry

Pry into our lives

We stay separate

We want to be left alone

Alone to dance the night away

Evocative, seductive

We want to stay in this smoky room

With just a glimmer of a light

We can keep each other in sight

This is no place for beginners

This is no place where there are endings

A place where there is a license to love

Endless, endless love

Across the room they look at us

But we have only eyes for each other

Dancing evocatively

They can walk on by

But we remain glued to the spot

Eye to eye

Tenderly, evocatively

We hold each other

Never wanting, never needing to let go

Never wanting or needing this date to end

Lovers and friends is what we are

But yet we do not see this in the room

They sit and stand afar from each other

Scowling, frowning at us

Jealousy?

We just don’t care

We have just one more hour

An hour!

An hour

We are going to make the best of it

Here and now!

And then away from these crowds

This crowded, crowded room

To be alone at home

Till then we’ll just have eyes for each other

And no other

© Teresa Joseph Franklin

17^th July 2017

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