Leaving Routine

You suggest a day to see each other again.
I suggest a time.

You hop into your car and start the engine.
You turn and wave. I wave back.

I watch to make sure you pull out onto the highway okay.

I wonder what it would have been like to kiss you again.
To hold you once more, if only briefly.

To be the guy you're driving to,
instead of the guy standing out here alone.

You wanted the long slow forever
and I live my life in blazing moments.

A little less bright each time.