Domino

Our shadows held hands
Stretched like giants against the earth.
The moment was thick, our motions muted—
Absorbed in a wintery silence.

A year ago you told me
“I’m a million contradictions”
And I loved it. So much nuance—
A foreign film I mysteriously
Landed the lead role in.

Without a script, I became as surprised
As the audience at the sudden plot changes.
The reels like photobooks of
Everything I am.
Everything you are.
The credits rolled and we realized
There were thousands
Of people to set the scenes, to play
The extras, to feed us lines
Even though we didn’t know
What language we were speaking.
They watched the sounds roll off
Your lips. I was hypnotized.

You were as bad as it can get
And as good as it can be.

Innocent bystanders were pulled into
Our wake, cast as the most
Unsuspecting accomplices, they made you
Seem more natural, made me
Seem a little more sane.

And then black.
Darkness.
Silence.

Nobody really knew what to make of it.
It was beautiful, sure.
But was that it?
Is that all?
What more could have happened?

The admission seemed steep for a journey
With such an shallow ending.
But I’d buy everything you have,
Even if it cost everything I’ve got.