We Carried Our Torches Blindly

Inspired by Scenes From an Italian Restaurant - (Billy Joel)

On a night like this

with a single kiss

we watched the heavens fall

Young arms wrapped around all

Taken in a heady bliss

Streetlight stars

over two-door cars

and liquid eyes

over moonlit ice

at small-town bars

Here I toast

our time at the coast

The old sentimental

A love elemental

That's how it goes

Cold overcame

the romantic game

Distant, you turned

Broken and spurned

yet we were both to blame

On a night like that

where tomorrow sat

on the edge of decision

Our lives in derision

where we found ourselves at

Heaviest of air

Life was not fair

Words choked instead of spoken

Clouds and promises broken

bringing storms to bear

The radio yet

plays our regret

on summer nights

under familiar lights

evoking memories when we met

On a night unseen

I meet you in these dreams

where we reminisce

on our time more or less

and the way things seem

You laugh at my joke kindly

This dream is rather timely

I offer up my peace in hand

For now our hearts understand

Once, we carried our torches blindly