Goodbye My Love

Do not be out too long;

Words of caution, whispered

between passionate kisses and

a parting embrace

The world is not yet ready

for the wonder your eyes hold

as they find me in a crowd,

out leaps your heart to your throat

and breaks out in song

but tell that facile heart,

a love of mirrored pronouns

has seldom found reprieve

yet, past heartbreak and a half

it still dangles by your sleeve

I will be out long

No I'm not defying my lover's pecks on my neck

But isn't it how I found you?

Remember I'll write you letters from a crowded street

My eyes shall inhabit your face still

And I'll find you in a mob just by your lips still

Heartbreaks wouldn't have the petrol to set me on fire

I know you've glued my heart's torn pages together

And it's only you

Who could read from them

New leaflets might get attached

But you're my bookmark even after a goodbye, my love..