that night at the show
the breath taking performance
you sat next to me
only when the lights were exhausted
did you remove the stifling jacket

I grabbed your arm in the darkness
from my height of excitement
I felt those scares
we both know I did

the train ride home
you were two breaths from tears
I desperately wanted to hold you like a child
and sooth away all that sadness

there is pain in you young girl
you feel it in such volumes
but she is not the only one
there will be many others
for such a beautiful girl like you.