The song escaped him

Iron and Wine - Love Vigilantes

He was on the drive
back
When this song arrived

He listened
He knew
but could not place
Fractured memories
Although
as always
He was so close

A boy
A girl
A drive
back
Soft skirt dancing
Above her knee
Soft skin pliant
Dancing
Under the touch as
His hand
Confidently encroached
On the periphery
Intent eyes distracted
Laughing in
The flow
A conversation
A cassette played
Beckoning earnest
As his hands
In the joy filled trace
All along the periphery

Meanwhile
The journey pressed
Should he
Drive past
To see
If the lights were on
Or the getaway car
Of a mothers van
Parked at the side
Flouting to those who knew
While silent for those
Who wanted to pretend
When the world that does not exist
Is the most comfortable of all
To the one
Writing words
Believing
yet knowing
She would never see

All the while
The song
Escaped him