You are Europe and I am Africa

You are mainland Europe

And I am Africa

A meeting of minds

At the puente de Tarifa

I meet you there

In the night shadows

Softly treading under yellow

Dim lit lantern

A scarf wrapped

To keep out the howling winds

A meeting of minds.

But you are Europe

And I am Africa

Secret soft trysts

Cans of lager

A stolen kiss

A fire that burns

Low and slow

Hot and mystical

But to keep us apart.

You keep your distance

I will keep mine

And all that is left is the ebbing of time

And two seas lie between us

And strong winds blow through us

Because you are Europe

And I am Africa.