CANDLE PROMISE

by michelle lachut
(holly, mi)

It's too late

to be alone

or too early

out of place

holding myself

as if his arms

weren't only

my own embrace

where a kiss into air

meets the warmth

of his face

candle promised

love once vowed

and burning made

will not unlight

as pledge forbade

time unlets

and unforgets

will not unsaid,

unmeant, unsee

Eternal love will not unbe