Remember

How my hand fit in yours;

A puzzle piece meant to swallow mine,

A perfect cage of warm fingers.

Do you still feel it?

How we sang to each other;

Etching scores of deep secrets

Onto each other’s hearts.

Can you still hear it?

How your words formed a perfect perch,

Even as you repeated them to another,

Through the other side of your mouth.

How long did it last?

How I left you wondering

If your little songbird

Would ever sing for you again.

This is your punishment.