Our newfound love
was a fascinating puzzle
that I could not wait to build...
until all of the pieces were stolen,
locked away in a safe
where neither of us could reach them.
Our fragrant summer beach
fiercely blurred our hot love
into a deep valley of rain and snow,
surrounding us with an uninvited shadow
that will linger around us forever.
Do I approach our empty love,
surrendering the fears I feel,
or do I run away from them
by changing nothing at all -
always wondering if our love
was merely an underinvestment?
