Saturday, January 2, 2021

Mute Valentine

One can speak frankly to a cat
Or a mirror or the open air
One can confess everything to a tree
And give it back its penance
But to you I bring the silence
Of my tamed excuses
One could have loved you more
One could not have
How can we both be true
When I'm the one
Who wronged you
No cat can say that
Or wall and still
You loved me back

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