I am only fool's gold
But will you love me
As if I were more?

You promised
Me happiness
So why am I
Feeling so sad?

Missing
Is a haunting
Vacancy
Which tugs tears
From stubborn
Eyes
And lost hearts.

It's hard to
Look forward
When memories
Glow with false
Promise,
Warmer and brighter
Than constellations
Designed by starstruck
Goddesses.

I was gripped
By time,
Encased as
A moment in a
Photograph.
Illuminated by
The flash of lightning
Shutter
Where the raindrops
Never quite meet
The ground
And my smile never dims
Or falls
Or falters.

Dreams melted
Like candle wax
And stuck to our pillows
As hard and awkward
Reminders
To lift up our heads.

I adore you
Like lights from cars
Adore dark windows
On rainy days.