All of these stars above us
Are as distant as your eyes
On the days when you betray,
The days you dream about him.
On those days I am a dreamer too.
I am a dancer in the dark, my mind
Full of deep reds and cigarettes,
Flower boxes and the Suffolk coastline.
Your gaze, for now, drifts back to me.
Your stars shimmer in a haze and vanish.
I relish the hours of neglect
And dream of days and her.
Agitation of hands. Strength of words. 