By delilah
Date: 2001 May 08
Comment on this Work
[[2001.05.08.15.26.28738]]

promises

just the way you are
an opal pendant against
mohican skin, tanned
shards of understatement
make you remarkable

it is a rare and special thing
when you find someone
whose behavior
you do not criticize
and whose character
does not need improvement

everyone has a past
a jigsaw of scattered memories
[some good, some worth forgetting]

I cannot in good faith
say that I have never loved another
but I can promise
that I have never loved anyone
just the way they were.