Crest
The constructs
Of love and death
At different degrees
Who was there
And how long it
Took you to stop
Trying to forget them
And put them in
Your open Pandora’s box
Fulfill on the stroke
Of one wish, two to go
As if you only had one
Upon the thousands
Of things to say
Hearts to pay
With forgiveness
Silly children pushing
To be forgiven
On playgrounds where
We all chased girls
And girls chased boys
Where we faced our
Roles we played
And kept the friends
We made
Like the bounds
Of love and death
We pushed out and in
With every breath
Every whisper of yes
Over the balconies
Stretch over crests
Never, can our hold
Be ever forgotten
It’s what wishes for us
Have gotten