A first kiss promise,

tangibly felt through fearful lips.

Smiling eyes offer more,

more than I could pledge.

 

Clutching at sunshine,

filtered through a darkened haze.

Through your gaze, expectancy

In your spoken words, urgency.

 

Writing down lines, where tears soak paper.

Pulling apart seams, a telling intent,

packed into a case, a deliberate step.

And you know how you layer despair.

 

Through letterboxes invites are received,

to view a concocted fictional shame.

Now with resolute lips and steadfast hands

I reclaim myself from your lost property.