star gazing

*Crisp night air whirls around us
We grin at each other and start a race down the path
I’m running, and my jacket blows into a cape
Flying behind me as I start to laugh like crazy
Surrounded by new, perfectly crazy friends

While stopping to take a breath, the sky
Captivates me in its spectacular clarity
Stark black filled with millions of breathtakingly random sparks
I tip back my head and imagine for a moment that I’m
Flying and floating up among the lights

We choose to lie down in the middle of this path
Surrounded by a sleeping city, but it’s never too late for
Flying. Chatting and gazing while every so often
A hum slips from one of our smiles by accident

Then against my conscious will, breaking the
Calm, a giggle bursts out and moves the friends I’m
Surrounded by to stare for a moment then chuckle along
We keep laughing
So comfortable on the rough, hot, unsound gravel that
We decide to stay for just a bit longer*