Night

We’re strangers.
I like it that way. 

I can’t stop meeting you. 
Early turns into late before 
I know what I’ve done. 

I’ve given up avoiding 
You. It’s no 
Use. I’m an addict. 
You’re a habit 

I can’t break 

The silence that encloses 
Me. It startles 
Me. It beckons 
Me. 

You are not home. 
You are not comfortable. 
Somehow, I like you 

Enough that I 
Come back 
Again and 
Again. 

You have a secrecy 
That turns into a mystery 
I can’t solve. 

Sticky with guilt 
It trails behind me everywhere 
The remains of 
Unsolvable you. 

We’re strangers. 
I like it that way.