Fables

You told a fairy tale

Along my skin
Trailed a love story
That shivered me

And left me

Loved and alive
You spun a life
That I wanted to write
Wanted to lock into a book
And bind with your lips
But without warning
You disappeared
And I searched the worlds
But somewhere dark
I lost my way
Was never found
And the fairy tale
You told along my skin
Ended my life
With a broken goodbye

Valerie Masters