A Night With A Stranger

Dark night lit by two burning cigarettes
strangers share a room and their regrets.
The cold dampener killed by a shared cup of tea
transparent conversations leading nowhere to be.

In comfort of oblivion, an intimacy in talk
the cigarettes burn and so does the dark.
The moment was magical, something never again
comfort in this thought, solidarity attained.

As all good things, the night would end
the ashes mystify a darkness that lit them
no farewell bid, just the memory remained
two burning cigarettes, a tea and two lives shared.