Do I give my secret away?
That I cannot stay
Any place I put my foot upon 
I love the moment then it’s gone
And I met him at the dance
And took a chance 
Following him outside the door
When he got kicked out by the bore
Who was handling security
He had lit up the fire inside of me 
And they all gathered round the gates
But you know time waits 
For no man
So I return so I can
Dance the night away
I move slow til I realise they
Have left him all alone in the cold 
And I know I’m getting old 
But I just cannot be having that
So I go back 
To the place I had left
And it was absolute theft
I see him walking up the street 
To God knows where and God knows who he’ll meet 
In that state
I’m in high heels and I teeter after him 
Wondering whether my integrity will win
Out over my fragile pride
But I look at him and inside
Just does a flip
And he doesn’t know it
Does he? Anyway
I meet him and he says
My name, slow and long
And I know I belong
With him leaning his weight on me
A part of me has been set free
To have him by my side 
And the knowledge that he’s alive
Somewhere in the world
Still brings light to this girl 
And we are just a happy pair
Happy that the other is there
But a little confused
Is his ego bruised
Coz the next day he won’t talk to me 
I call his name and he ignores me 
And I stammer and pause
Did I break some of his laws
When I chose to save his skin
From anyone who might have been watching him 
And thought to steal a dime
You see it in the news all the time 
But we get off the bus
And I’ll be damned if he won’t trust
Me with the burden
Of really having heard him 
When he met me in the hall
He looked at me, confused is all
And I say that it was the best night
You know the one I’m moving with
And he kinda looks to his side
Please, be glad that I am alive
And he slows his pace
So I can get a read on his face
And we talk a little and smile and I throw a laugh
And his gaff
Is just across from mine
But is this the last time
We will ever share together 
Coz the weather
Is shifting 
And the season is misting 
As the course comes to an end
Will I lose a best friend
To the grey advance of time
Will I ever get to call you mine
In any meaningful way
Is there nothing that you have to say
He meets my eyes again and my blood stills 
But there are plays of wills 
In the fray
And I know we’re going away
And I feel a grief I can’t explain
As though I’m standing in the rain
Begging him to just make a move
So there’s nothing that I have to prove
To anyone 
And the sun
Doesn’t shine out of him letting me go
Or the whirlpool I wrote about in the months after, so 
Does thirteen years mean anything to you
And if I send this will you
Remember 
The moments we felt timelessness engender
A place in the heart we shared
Because I know you cared
About me
And free
And all as I am
I still would understand 
If you wanted to make two
It’s not like I wouldn’t have wanted to
So I meet you in the ether
It’s not over for me either