young nights
by julie wan
Rolled down windows feeding hair between our teeth
Bass pulsating through our veins
an anthem to the young night
We run this velvet blue kingdom
bathe in the saccharine stain of streetlights
and stumble across the fast lane leading us nowhere
Anything to outrun the void within…
We wilt onto beds like frail orchids
eyelids drowsy while the bittersweet sun peeks through
Here our words lie unclad
stripped of make-believe
Worries and dreams and deep-rooted fears
are exchanged and tacitly kept secret
This shade of intimacy is only found in platonic love
It spills its intoxicating colors
and drowns our responsibilities
Maybe it helps us face the void within…
lost in reverie 