Lights That Flick

(2018)

Baijiu at midnight in the company of beautiful melancholy 
Drunk on wine questioning the definition of happiness 
An honest reply, laughing and loving  
The unexpected adventures much like ours on this Friday in September 
I cannot recall when the dancing started under the basement bricks 
Warm laughter and blurry smiles under dimmed lights that flick 

I pull you close by a poet’s blue cord 
Do not stop dancing with me or I may collapse on the floor 
Smart and endearing 
Raw and charming 
No one else exists in this hall, only us all night 
Put your hand on my face again and make me laugh twice 

Stop, 3am, work in 5 hours, £7 left in my pocket 
I need to get home, but these are only numbers 
Pulled asunder I march home, remember don’t look scared
Time to sober up as I fall upstairs  
Face the darkness of this yet to be morning sun 
Let us repeat the nights of laughing and fun