Lines and marks
Angled, straight, curved
Sharp

I read the words
They are just pixels
On a screen
Arranged in a pattern

But they pierce
You wrote “I love you”
To someone else

Like the ring on my finger
You are familiar to me
But today we met somewhere unfamiliar
A little cafe in the middle of town
And it felt like meeting someone new

Sitting across from you
I felt a nervous tingle

I made a joke
And your laugh sounded
Like a forgotten melody
I had been yearning to hear

As we parted, you kissed me
And I said “I love you”
And I felt feeling in those words
Like a flash of lightning
On a rainy summer night
Throwing off the blanket of darkness
Jolting me back to life

On a muggy moonlit stroll our love began to grow
On a park bench we embraced, no other souls in sight
Just us, the stars, three homeless cats, and our hearts aglow
What I’d give now to have another minute of that night

Walking beneath a weeping tree, you offered me your heart
I, the fool, knew not how to cradle this precious gift
You, the pure, knew not how to recover from this smart
We, the young, knew not that our silence would cause a rift

You drew your heart back closer to your breast by and by
Now I, in love, in vain, I fear, must dry my wetted eye

I've been reflecting lately

I usually do this in the bathroom
because there's a big mirror there
that reflects me pretty well