Into The Complete Unknown

Butterfly Division

Zipped-up jacket
Keys on the table
Phone facedown
Heart unstable
Street door slams
Echo in the hallway
You laugh once
Say
“Let’s get lost
Always”

Tonight we go out into the dark
The complete unknown
Just a spark
Nothing on the map
Just you
Just me
Chasing every road till we can’t see

Corner bar light
Spills on the pavement
Names on chalk
Half-erased statements
You pull my sleeve
At the crosswalk humming
Green man blinks
“Don’t think
We’re coming”

Breath in the frost
Boots on the curb
We pause
If this is a bad idea
It’s the best one we ever saw
You lean in
Whisper
“Promise me one thing”
“If we get scared
We just keep walking”

Tonight we go out into the dark
The complete unknown
Just a spark
Nothing on the map
Just you
Just me
Chasing every road till we can’t see