After the Last Show

The lights went out and the audience applauded

Emotion was high and time was short

I had to say something to you, words failed me.

"Happiness is anyone and anything at all that's loved by you"

The last line of the song echoes in my mind.

This line my mouth reciprocates in application to you.

A sudden embrace I find myself in.

The tears flow, burning and slow

Images fisheyed through their deceptive lens.

Five minutes duration lasts an eternity

And nothing feels more right, nothing better.

In an instant I realize that there's no going back.

Through the thick sound of our sobs I whisper to you words of comfort.

Half for you, half for me.

Later we met, just as we had to part.

Now with clarity I express my thoughts in two broken and cracking words

"Love you"