For
Elise
A bar downtown as summer ends I’m three drinks in, and time’s begun to slow ’Cause I’m stuck with the other boyfriends And talk has turned to people I don’t know So I just looked at you Your sudden smile, your eyes so blue As though the world had dwelt in shadow Until you looked our way
You’re where the light gets in On the greyest winter day The golds and greens and reds of spring All bloom around you
We’re at some airport, homeward bound Your laptop’s out, and your look intent Stepping up when the chips are down Cool under fire and poised and confident But no one here can see Who you become when you’re with me The way your heart can swell to bursting With other people’s cares
You teach me what love can be Press your body into mine And with the warmth of you my cold limbs stir And I begin to breathe again |