He Gave Words

He gave me the stars

In a jar

Transparent

That he called

His heart

So clear that I could see

Every piece of him

That he ached

To give to me

Everything he was

Just

Open

Out

On display

So that I never

Had to question

Any of the words

He gave away

Like smiles

Effortlessly

Catching me

Off guard

Making a kind of fire

In my own

Heart

A spark

That lit the way

For every

Single

Day

He said we’d have

And all

The rest

After that

A universe

Of us in verse

Sung

From

His tender tongue

Tendered from

The knowing

Of this

Glowing love

Showing us

Like shadows

Touched

Against a canvas

So close

We managed

To look like 

One

Darkening dance

Across

It’s chance

Encounter

With the sun

All this from

The quiet of his room

Where he

And I sat consumed

Under

The magic

Of the moon

And he spoke to me

Of stars

As the salt

Of ache

Ran down my face

He with

Gentle fingers

Warmly

Brushed them all

Away

Only to replace

Them with this gift

As he

Slowly

Turned

That lid

And offered

All

Of him