I’m sitting in the same classroom I have 39 other times this semester.
Somehow it doesn’t yet feel comfortable to remain
Placed in this chair for any amount of time.
I feel like I’ve never been here before each time I walk in.
I feel like a total stranger in your arms again.
I’m not sure whether it’s fate or humanity
That weaves these words in the fabric of this
Quilt I am methodically making.
Quietly I sit in the serenity of this cold night,
Pipe between my teeth,
Slowly exhaling the curling smoke
And it’s sweet aroma
Into the night sky,
Intertwining
Like you and I.