Check-In at Sunset

You stepped out where the palms leaned low,

Suitcase rolling through the gold.

I was waiting by the fountain glass,

Trying not to look too bold.

The lobby smelled like summer rain,

Marble cool beneath our shoes.

Every mirror in the entrance Knew the secret we would choose.

The bell rang once,

the sky turned wine,

Your eyes met mine like a coastline sign.

We said hello like strangers do,

But the whole hotel already knew.

Check in at sunset,

leave the world outside.

Meet me where the ocean burns against the tide.

If this is only one night,

let the night begin.

Check in at sunset,

let the summer in.

You signed your name with a silver pen,

I watched the letters take their time.

The clerk was smiling at the desk

Like romance was a service line.

Room keys shining in a little tray,

Elevators breathing

blue.

I could hear the pool lights calling

From the floor above the view.

The doors slid wide,

the music rose, The glass caught fire in our clothes.

We said goodnight too soon,

too slow, But neither one of us could go.

No promises at the counter,

No future in the book.

Just a room above the water

And the way you turned to look.

Check in at sunset,

every shadow shines.

Two hearts on the register between the lines.

If this is only one night,

let the night begin.

Check in at sunset,

let the summer in.