Friday, February 13, 2009

Belated Valentine Contrition

did I ever tell you
that story?
seems I never
got around to it…
..............how the way you
..............looked at me was like
..............being home?
always seemed better
left for another time.
but the time I’d planned,
the minutes I’d store
in a jar --
..............how eclipsed the light of fire flies,
..............the first time
..............I saw you smile?
I never saw
how they’d escape,
and slip between the grooves.
funny, how the lid never fit.
but you fit me fine.
..............how I found in your arms
..............warm rare moments
..............of utter safety?
and were I to find
you were mine
(again)
even for a moment,
I’d store in you
the story
I never got around
to telling.