Love is Eternal

What she carries, there

In the pockets of her shoes

And that locket

That she stopped wearing last week

Because the chain snapped

The same day that

She said to me,

"I've always been scared of the world,

But I'll try to let them in."

It's a picture of someone

He's wearing a tie

And his eyes are black

He's smiling, though

And she can't let him go

She looks at her hands

And breathes like her lungs work

As well as her heart could

Before it all fell apart

She rides busses and bicycles

Into the winter

And smiles politely

When she orders dinner

At the fancy restaurant that

She had gone to with him

But across from her now

Sits a man that she met

For coffee yesterday, too

And he's smart

He reads F. Scott and Hemmingway

He says he can cook

He has a dog, Ross, and a hamster

That he hasn't named yet

And she'll kiss him goodnight

But then sleep alone

Because his face doesn't look enough

Like the man's that she keeps in the locket

That she doesn't wear