Then It Really Happens - Mark Eitzel

You can write about it

You can feel it flow through your heart

You can wish for it with all your might

But then it really happens

All I know is I can’t stay at home

I stay out all night — at least 'til closing time

He stares at my window

Stares all night long

Like he would drink the last drop

From my reflection

I only trust their indifference

I only trust a touch that slides off of me

I only trust a short-term rental and a long walk home

Another drip lost in the Milky Way…

You butcher, you tailor

Did your sad mothers name you?

You came out of nowhere

And that’s what defines you

Your entertainment value

Like a plastic dinosaur

The truth matters more

Than what you did or who you are

You can dream about it

You can wish for it with all your might

But then you hear its song beat against your window

And then it really happens

All I know is I can’t stay at home

I stay out all night — at least 'til closing time

He stares at my window, stares all night long

Like he would answer all my questions