3am

She stepped out into the night

The cold air revealing her breath

As she tried to steady her breathing

The daydream caught up again

She stared up at the night sky

With the stars like so many eyes

Reveling in the chaos of so many lives

Her thoughts began to dance

We will ever know

Can we ever know

Just what it means

To be loved

She forgot the cigarette in her hand

As it burned down to her fingers

Snapping her back to the world

She tossed it into the dark

The flame flickered for a moment

As it began to fade away

She watched the smoke rise into the night

And drift into the stars

Are we capable

Of finding ourselves

Of being one

With what we are

She walked on toward her apartment

The cool air comforting her

From the days that had taken so much

She focused on the night

And knowing the feeling

Of equally returned love

She walked a little slower

As she looked on toward the mural

That rested on the old brick wall

And she began to dream again