By Cosette
Date: 25 August 1999

Jewelry Box

    i used to see love as a currency 
       that is spent 
   on what is hardly earned 
     leaving me empty 
         and drained 
      and broke. 
 
  like a jewelry that will dazzle my eye 
   IF i wear it everyday, 
        it might be stolen, 
         or torn, 
    or simply...
     it wouldnt match my everyday clothes. 

   so ill lock it in my safe -
       admiring its luster everyday
     only to see later its shine has faded.

        L i f e   has  t a u g h t   me   that.

   but with you i never restrain
    giving pieces of myself
        that you take
    since you love me.

     because there in your heart
          i see myself 
        a dancing ballerina
           on center stage
         and musical lights
           all my riches 
            and joy's
               abode.



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