i wrote you a note
and i tucked it in the folds
of your wallet
of all the reasons i love you
sometimes the words
iloveyou
fall flat and they don't say
what i need them to
so i lay it out
like an architect's plan
such and such goes here
and this is how this works
here now is the layout
of the chambers of my heart
with all of their hidden places
here is the apse for my thoughts of you
for all my prayers for you
i seek you
i seek your heart
in all the moments of my day
i keep your letter in my car
so that every single morning before work
i can take it out of its place
and kiss your i love you and your name
these little pieces of you,
of your heart
i carry them with me
like smoldering coals in a bucket
to keep me warm
when i can't be near my hearth and home.
