Chilliwack

Itchy hotel sheets
Twisting around my legs
Twinkling lights from the town
Lighting up this hotel room
I’m already in bed
It’s a quarter past 7
And tonight all alone
On our “holiday”
My only company is the CBC on
this small tv
You told me only a couple hours
of work and you’d be back
in time for a nice dinner
but the pizza guy has been long gone

I should have stayed in Whistler
Or better yet stayed away from you
I’m going to come clean and say
I didn’t know what I was getting into
I thought I was in love
But I was wrong about so many things

We’ll it’s 10 o’clock and I hear
The car key slip into the slot
I pretend to sleep
My silent guilt trip is lost on you
It’s our last night here
And I am suddenly awakened
And understanding the advice given to me
That I ignored all along

I should have stayed in Whistler
Or better yet stayed away from you
I’m going to come clean and say
I didn’t know what I was getting into
I thought I was in love
But I was wrong about so many things