You tell me I should have known
Better than to trust another 
With tender things 
Like the blood reveling warm within
Sweet imaginings 
You tell me I should have seen
The telltale clues in between
The spaces where I had wrapped 
My heart around someone, rapt
In the throes of so much joy
I beamed, I glowed for months on end
You remind me now again
I look at you and I smile
Sometimes silence golden and still
Is all that is needed to fill
The pause waiting to receive
Contentions, remonstrations, a speech
I let that moment pass me by
Bloated with pent up intrigue
Silence exquisite, shimmering 
Now takes me in its calm embrace
I had loved with all my heart
No regrets, no shame, no blame
My quietness golden and still
Now safekeeps memories in that space.