Our parents don’t even know where we are
Soaked in sun and rain
We’ve been gone for days
Chasing the real
Settling for the so-so and the imaginary
Barreling down country roads
Taking each other each night
I wake you up but you aren’t the same
Your smile is there
But your face is changed
Lips curled and cheeks dimpled
You are smiling I know it
But there is nothing
Not nothing
But something other
Than yourself
Lurking in the depth of your eyes
Is it regret?
