Friday, January 3, 2014

It's Not So De-Lovely After All

We had the makings
of an epic love story - 
like Linda Lee
and her wayward Cole,
only with less money
and drama, 
and more words
and poetry. 

You could've romanced
my taste buds
with your epicurious talents;
and I could've shared
strange legends and tales,
and played word games
with you that would make
your lips lift in happiness
until your face ached.

So many possibilities - 

Gone - 
wiped away 
by impatience
and circumstance,
insecurities
and bewilderment, 
histories
and past regrets. 

For a moment,
we held the hope
of a future love story
so de-lovely
and innocent
in the palm of our hands,
like the beginning
of firelight
before the wind came;
but we blew out
before we could
burn,
burn,
burn
bright against the night. 

We are the past perfect tense
of the greatest story of love,
of "if only"
and "would've", "should've", "could've".