And Then You Words

I saved the quiet parts 

To be filled later 

When the want 

Of emptiness

Subsided 

I tended them 

In secret 

As the world 

Crumbled 

Around my shoulders

I hid them 

Behind smiles 

False ones 

That echoed hope

And then 

There was you

With real ones

Honest ones 

Eager ones

That you shared freely

Over the walls 

That I had built

And slowly

Almost so

That I didn't even notice

There were petals 

Of promise 

That now fell around me

And so I 

Will let you in

To these secret places

These quiet places

Because no one

Has ever said my name

The way 

You do

Because I have never felt it

Touch against

These walls 

The way it does 

With sweet ache 

Off your tongue 

Resting only 

For a second 

At your lips

Before it reaches me

And begs 

With mirth

To fill 

The quiet