What we want

 

The film is French and so the light

is blue and gold.

He chases after her and we want

him to catch her.

She is on the train and we want

her to forgive him.

He walks the streets at night

and we want him to chase her again.

The wife is up late reading

and we want her to suspect.

He arrives home and we want

him not to be discovered.

What we want is so simple.

We want love.

We want it to fail.

We want it to triumph.

We want to see pain that is not our own

that is our own.

We want them to make us cry so that

when we stop we will feel better.

The light is not as beautiful here

as it is in the French film

but it is enough to see by.