One Last Walk

We wandered under the countless stars.

The winter breeze but warmth in your presence.

Did you feel safe when you showed me your scars? 

I wonder why I still felt some distance. 

In what felt like a minute, you were gone. 

Fleeting. Could have been a hit from your vape.

What if you and I stayed up until dawn?

I saved a wish for the twelfth New Year grape.

I don’t know you, but does that matter now? 

I stopped asking questions. I have no clue. 

Perhaps I could remain in your life somehow.

I’ll miss your laughter and your silence, too.

Will you call me, and call me your friend?

You and I know this doesn’t have to end.