The Saturn

I saw them
shades, in the distance
as we stood
by my lady, the sedan
she and I
we had a pact
and the shades
would not have me

later, when she was gone
I drove by
those self-same shades
and the ride home
was shadows and dread

pacts and shades
are the stuff of
legend and
hallucination
are they not?
and I have both

how much was
my madness
I wonder
and how much real?