There was no moon that night

There was no moon that night

but the stars were falling

like flies and we rode our bikes

through dry lands and through

time until we reached

the bank of the river where

fish were jumping

with their open mouths

catching flies and mosquitoes

and falling stars.

There was no moon that night

but after a while she took off

her backpack

opened it and handed me

a bottle of white wine

and two crystal glasses wrapped

in paper and boy

was I surprised: this girl

thought about everything!

There was no moon that night

but nonetheless I enthusiastically

asked her if the next thing

she would do was to propose me

under the falling stars

but she suddenly threw me

a straight face and told me

not to get any ideas

because we are joking partners

that’s all we are!

There was no moon that night

but I tried to kiss her

while she distracted me

by tapping my shoulder and

pointing at the sky:

Look! You are missing all

the falling stars!

There was no moon that night

but the landscape was nonetheless

romantic and despite the perfect

alignment of stars there was

noone to conquer.