and ever so

[icebluenothing]

You wrap your love tight unseen in christmastree bows
and leave it for the world to find like a path of breadcrumbs to your door
gifts without nametags hung like garlands
ribbons streaming from boughs in whirlwind profusion
fluttering and muttering their secrets
only one day a week

I often wake some velvet mornings
and taste already your name on my lips
thinking of glitterdark eyes and privatejoke smiles
I trace the letters without a sound
and wonder if you hear me just the same

If I reach for some bright gift
will I disturb the paths of origami wings?
my own heart is fierce and I know frightens sometimes
but if I shake eversocarefully one tiny box
and ask it if it's mine
then I might not break its spunglass heart
if I am careful (and ever so)