Stay

You waltz in
Unannounced
Take my breath away
And leave
Without ceremony.

I do not think of you
For the next ten years
Except once or twice in my dreams
And morning after as I wonder
Where you are and what have you become

I sit alone
At a bar
Tired
Of work, of life
You ask me
If the seat is taken
Old friend
Our flame is a kindle
Akin to our desire.

I fall again,
Between white sheets
And Friday Night Sundaes
Burnt Toast mornings
With black coffee
And hot chocolate Wednesday Afternoons
And this time, you stay.