The City Was Already Pink II.

Between

those

Between lanterns that refuse to apologize for their glow, and taillights painting their names across wet pavement.

that

Between smiley faces left behind by strangers and paper trays of fries disappearing one hand at a time.

linger

Between reflections that arrive for a moment and those that linger long enough to become memory.

long

Between Candlelight that refuse to apologize for its glow, painting memory across their faces.

enough

Between those that linger long enough to become memory.

to become

Between those that linger,

long enough to become home.

home.