Another Life Jason Robert Brown (Ft. Whitney Bashor)

[MARIAN]
Put inside the picture frame some tables and a coffeepot
A uniform, a girl of twenty-three
Sitting at a table, put a man of thirty-seven
As exotic as that girl would ever see
Have her standing over him and laughing
As he’s asking her a question no one thought to ask before
Color him with mystery and color her with danger
And expose them just enough to wish for more

And there was something there between us
Something I could never name:
Something stronger, something stranger
More than quicksand, more than flame:
Another life

Further down the gallery, a picture of a couple
On a honeymoon in Marrakesh somewhere
See him with his camera at his eye
And see her grasping at his hand
Afraid he doesn’t know she’s there

And there was something deep inside him
Something I could never reach
Like he saw it getting closer
In a window, on a beach:
Another life