I’ve put you in a box I pray it’s soft inside
A box I must not even touch padded as it is
Its edges sharp and cutting
Its points that poke so painfully
I must not even look at it so blinding is its light

Why must love and life be so hurtful
Are the words inscribed without
That I must not can not touch what was
Fearing another of its cruelties
Coward that I am must not look upon your face

How long how long must this go on
With you within my box its lid upon so tight
Must I kill the love I feel before we meet again
What death blow shall I deliver
to this skin of love that’s mine

What words of value can I speak
That tell you how I feel
The words would only cut us more
Not healing not soothing as my intent
Not help set a course for us to follow
Separate forever separate forevermore

My ship without the content of my box
Wonders rudderless in storm tossed sea
Shredded sails broken masts
Parted sea anchor helpless hopeless


The box rests on that safe harbors dock
Safe where it must be