You pass by
downtown highrise apartments
under an amaranthine sky.
Streetlight nostalgia
casts your shadows
over the cool red petals
fluttering at your feet.
Together, you drift,
hands intertwined
and eyes alive,
wasting time
to slow the night.
This ancient memory melts
into a melancholic sunrise.
You were never there,
but you miss it,
and want to return
return
return—