17 July 2012
Someone's opened my trinket box
Don't know how
It has many locks
A box of secrets
A box of tricks
Lit by ornate candlesticks
Inside there's all sorts of things
A jar of starlight
Some angel wings
A love letter
Billet doux
Sent by me
Returned by you
A cup of tears
Kept carefully by
In case mine should ever run dry
A cache of memories
Compiled by me
Listed alphabetically
But most of all
Right from the start
This box is where
I kept my heart
Loving
Overflowing
Swollen
Now it seems
It has been
stolen
For all of its capacity
It's easily shattered
Irrepairably
So please return it
If you ever see
This trinket
That belonged to me
For consequence
Best left unspoken
If it's in a box
It can't be
broken
opened • Opuss № I