Stoplights.

i sit at the
stoplight
with you
and wait for the change.
it glows bright red
in the dark
of the night.
some cars
pull up behind me
and wait
too.
and we wait.
and we wait.
and we wait.
and a bicyclist
rolls on through
and ignores
the stoplight.
and a man
crosses the street
walking his dog
and ignores the stoplight.
and i look at you
and you look at me
and we look at each other
and we ignore the stoplight.

and everyone just goes around us.