Properly Incorrect

Even if I don’t see you tonight
Or if you have to respond to another call,
Something is left behind, for a while.
In the dark.

The space between
Now and then,
The end and the beginning,
The dream.

Even if you don’t stay for the night
Or I never arrive,
Carry it on, for a while more.
In paperback.

Figured out answers.
Kisses collect.
Pale marks in the blank,
Probably incorrect.

Even if it is a day
Or the night feels ashamed.
It is properly dark.
Now and for a while back.