Waiting for You

The street is still shiny and wet from the rain Lanterns are reflected in puddles Cars whizz past like fleeting thoughts I'm standing on the corner, waiting for you The smell of wet asphalt A lonely dog barks in the distance People scurry past faces without names Footsteps echo a rhythm without melody Your image in my head, sharp and clear Like a flashlight in the darkness Moments frozen captured But time runs inexorably on A café on the corner neon light flickering The cup of coffee in my hand gets cold The newspaper in front of me, words blur Your name appears between the lines The city pulsates breathes, lives But without you everything is silent I collect the fragments of everyday life Put them together to form a picture of us The wind carries a laugh Perhaps yours perhaps an echo I close my eyes feel your closeness For a moment you are here then it passes The night descends over the roofs Windows go out shadows grow longer I walk on alone with your footsteps Love scattered in the cracks of the pavement A spark in the darkness Our story written in moments It ignites like the flash when a photo is taken A brief glow that illuminates everything