Gervais at Night

Down Gervais at night
With sandy lights unworldly gold,
We walked the bridge beside the wild hungry cars
And hoped the drivers were true.
No one could hurt us
Holding hands as traffic
Rolled upon the city shores.

The darkness,
Even pierced by high beams,
Kept the world and all its hopeless frantic travelers
A thousand miles away.
You kissed me
Like a fasting nun,
A running refugee,
An angel trading glory
For a forbidden lover
Destined one day to die.

I still can lose myself
In your stained-glass stare
Fracturing mundane headlights and stars
Into ethereal beauty.

I left a vital part of me
On top that bridge so lost
Another decade
Down Gervais at night.

- 11/25/25

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