Date Night

We sit
side by side
for Thai,
sipping tea,
leaning into each other,
people watching,
drifting in and out
of conversation,
in and out
of our surroundings
but
never
too far from us,
a hand hold, a touch,
the teeniest playful shove
(it is a restaurant, after all)
we talk of Alaska and moves
and for just a moment he dares
to dream like me. . .

is it only because it is nearly
his birthday?

or because he remembers,
for a moment,
other dreams
came true?

MeeAugraphie
07/20/07

Please, do not copy my words. Thank you.