Boxing Day.

Boxing Day.

How does it feel

To say

I love you

Into an open sky

With nothing between

The words

And the edge of the world

But an apology

To the breathless

For stealing

The last kiss

Before morning

When truthful

Wishes are at a premium

I know

How difficult it is

To finish a dance

When the music

Is still playing

What was always

Your song

Raise a glass

Say a few words at a table

When so much

Of what you once were

Lies in the space

Between every

Unsaid word

Perhaps it is enough

To have known love

Was so much more

Than a promise,

A wish fulfilled

May never return

But the look

Of love in the eye

Of a memory

Can never be stolen

When it is held

In safety

Tucked away

In the most reassuring

Recess

Of your heart.