this night is full of rogue stars & wicked surprises.

she met him at the entrance

of the wilderness

invested him

with memories

and ghosts,

thought she knew the ropes

but missed the

blatantly obvious.

he found her by the forest,

wild and feral

invested her

with red cordial

and earthy expectations

but didn’t look close

enough to read

between the lines.

their similarities drew

them together

and their differences,

their differences

ripped strips

off both their egos.

he was another planet

and she was too grounded

to follow him there.

and this night may be full

of rogue stars and

wicked surprises,

but somewhere it got lost

behind the black clouds

and predictions of thunder.