there is no city where I’ve loved you more

there is only this room this one room

where I never held you at night

never watched you stretch your elegant limbs

never heard you at the door waiting

and yet you walk beside me down every street

knowing that strangers pause at your beauty

ready to comment on your striking eyes

throwing compliments down around you

as you move through these with dainty mien

I follow with a foolish contented smile

my heart tethered firmly as you lead