lightning - neuer

03

One day 

einmal 

came 

when Thomas 

spoke not one word of Denise 

It was strange 

because 

the typical Thomas 

went on 

and on 

and on 

and on 

and on 

[and on, and on, and on]

about Denise 

his wife 

his love 

But no 

not one word of Denise from Thomas 

not one 

nicht ein 

word 

from Thomas 

about 

his wife's 

beauty, 

intellegence, 

personality, 

or anything that was connected to her 

No one knew why 

Thomas was acting 

so distant; 

why Thomas wouldn't mention 

anything 

related to Denise 

But no one thought much of it; 

they thought 

that Thomas and Denise 

[Denise and Thomas] 

were having a unimportant 

fight 

argument 

squabble 

row 

quarrel 

indeed, I too thought so 

until Philipp Lahm, 

our captain, 

kapitän

of all people, 

informed me 

that yes, 

they were in the midst 

of an argument 

but the argument 

was not unimportant 

at all 

He wouldn't tell me 

exactly what 

Thomas and Denise 

were fighting over 

But Philipp 

did tell me 

that Denise and Thomas 

were going 

"somewhere else" 

-Paris- 

"to sort out

the issue" 

Paris 

the city of love 

the place that in my dreams, 

I have taken Denise 

time and time again

And each time we visited 

in my dreams 

we fell deeper into love.

Why do I love her? 

Why must I carry 

the burden 

of loving a married woman? 

A woman married to a man 

who is like a brother 

to me. 

I am a

terrible

horrible 

awful 

deplorable

friend, 

I know, 

to love Thomas's wife, 

to envy what he has with Denise 

to dream of a time when she and I 

are in love. 

But it is as it is; 

I love Denise- 

something that will not change, 

no matter how hard I try 

to push my feelings away 

for Thomas's sake 

for Denise's sake 

I am in love with Denise.