I go to airportsnand wait by the gate for arriving flights.nI go to airportsnto watch the lovers reunite.nI go to airports.nIn every city they're the same.nThe lonely airports,nechoing with all the shouted namesnof loves who've been caught sight of,nreturned from miles away,nfrom tiny lightsnreceding into the nightnat the end of the runway.nI go to airports.nthey blur together nowadays:none single airport,na winding, interminable maze.nnI go to airportsnto be near strangers' hopes and aches.nI go to airportsnto remember all of the mistakesnwe made, the plans we laid,nand how they went astray.n'til you were lights,nreceding into the nightnat the end of the runway.nFluorescent lights hum overhead.nSometime soon, we'll meet again. nyou'd said.nThe dull air in the waiting halls these nights n- it's almost the same as then,nbut in the end, not quite.nnI go to airports nand wait by the gate for arriving flights.nI go to airportsnto watch the lovers reunite.