Chris Fong Chew
Apr 6, 20231 min
I sip the words from letters
Laid upon a chest, ebony
Under the still light of the moon
Overlooking a deep lake, sapphire
In color, reflects in your jewelry
Resting on your heart golden
Broken hearts are filled, golden
Filling the cracks of letters
Left behind in shattered jewelry
In aftermath of loss, ebony
In color, while tears fall, sapphire
Under the slivered moon
That cycles, like love, the moon
Returns to its full light, golden
The nighttime sun, sapphire
Light that illuminates the letters
Rest on your dress, ebony
On your heart, jewelry
That shines, and reflects, jewelry
That steals the soft light of the moon
Wishing for you in this room, ebony
Shadows that illuminate the gold
That fill the cracks of dreams, letters
That were once filled with love, sapphire
Now fill with broken dreams, shattered, sapphire
Broken, splintered, like the jewelry
That used to reflect the our love in letters
Returned to the sender, under a dim moon
Nightlight, but in this void the golden
That heals and shares love filling ebony
Cracks to build illustrious ebony
Art to love that soothes tears, sapphire
And reminds that love is still golden
In the presence of company like jewelry,
Shine brightly in the full moon
A full heart heals with the letters
Golden from those who print Ebony
Letters on paper and hang Sapphire
Jewelry on our heart, a broken but full moon.
Editors: Nicole O. Leandra S.
Image source: Unsplash