wide white smile at a warehouse party

San Diego CA

Description

you: white t shirt, wide white smile, utterly brilliant and out of place me: bike shorts, platform sandals, utterly confused and lightly anesthetized the dj was just starting to get good and some guy told us we were a “diverse group” so we moved towards the back. there was an old sign for boxing gym. i was dancing or laughing and when i looked up* your wide white smile stunned me. my mistake was fatal and i knew better. the anesthesia was wearing off. i know i need to be okay with the ephemeral beauty of the night. but i hold too tightly to these types of things. besides, i was sure that smile wasn’t for me. my friend walked to the bar so she could kiss her fiancé. i told her you smiled at me. she told me she saw you and thought i’d be attracted to you. i looked back to see if you if you were there and you were. closer to the light. smiling back brilliantly like before. but at me. this time i was sure. i waited for my friends. we walked back into the crowd. i looked around but you were gone. we bathed in the dusty light of an oversized disco ball and that should be enough. pale purple into the mist. follow the red light she told me. you must have followed it too. *be careful of looking up. be careful of looking at all. i told her it's better to close your eyes