keeping

i held your hand

and dragged you kicking,

screaming

to a chamber in the forgotten realm of my heart

where briars and brambles tear to pieces all who search

for love in it's depths

all who would hear you laugh

all who would see you smile

all who would love you and leave you

to the wolves

i swore

we would never again be so foolish

silly girl ,

you have made jesters of us both