Monday, October 16, 2006

with Love

He sent me
A box of chocolates
with Love

A square box
With red wrapping
Gold ribbon

I paused
Unsure
Of what it may hold

Neatly arranged
Delicate-looking
with Love?

I passed my hand
Touching slightly
the perfect round shapes

It can't be that
He really cared
But, what if?

I lifted one
Let down my guard
He must care!

It touched my lips
I quivered slightly
And dropped down dead

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fantastic concept!
Impressive.

Humairah Irfan said...

I've used 'He' in my poems before. It's just a technique, nothing more.

Here's a note that I had attached to one of my earlier poems:
Note: He refers to 'they', multiple people. I just found this piece of poetry to be more powerful when I used 'he'.