Tokens of Time

Where do I put you now, dear?

Where do we go from here?

We’ve known each other so long, my sweet

But always with farewell, I fear

We’ve laughed the laughter of poets

And we’ve strung an ocean of tears

Over the lintels of one a.m.

We’ve rent the night with thought-years

Where do I put echoed pleasure?

Or pain too precious to heal?

Where does one keep the treasure of grief

Rendered where time-tokens keel?

Where do I put you, darling

We need an eternal home

Ah yes, I have found the answer

I’ll keep you forever in poem

© Janet Martin