Love Songs on a Friday Night

Love Songs on a Friday Night

Love songs on a Friday night,

You are playing with the radio,

Driving with you by my side,

Traveling home from our date,

Street lights,

Intermittent,

Strobe-like,

Illuminate your silhouette,

I glance to see your smile,

Happy, happy, happy,

My hand upon the automatic gear shift,

(A throwback from many years of shifting gears),

I let my hand fall as nonchalantly as possible,

To brush my hand on your thigh,

And, rising up you catch my fingers in your hand,

To return our held hands to your lap,

I turn,

With intermittent light,

I see your constant eyes,

We both smile,

Happy, happy, happy!

Peter Lowell Paulson

July 11, 2014