in the darkness of the night, both you and the eiffel tower
are alight, burning with passion, but it's ineffable
this sight, to see it through eyes of grey, like the clouds
which stretch across the sky, shrouding the moon
covering everything in a screen of rain
it will pour, but wait till we're home, please
i do not want this memory ruined by nature
you want a picture in front of it, and i offer to join you
you laugh, and i expect the worst, but you drag me along
with you, pulling me into the fray of the city
accelerating my heart until it feels like it will ascend to orbit
you find someone else who will capture us in forever
and they accept gratefully, smiling and giggling as well as you
because "you guys look so cute" and now,
you're among their company, mouth morphed by euphoria
and the flash blinds you, and you couldn't be happier