When Love Arrives by Sarah Kay and Phil Kaye
…Love grew
Stretched like a trampoline
Love changed
Love disappeared
slowly
Like baby teeth
Losing parts of me
Love vanished
Like an amateur magician
Everyone could see the trap door
but me
Like a flat tire
There were other places
I had planned on going
But my plans didn’t matter
Love stayed away for years
And when Love finally reappeared
I barely recognized him
Love smelled different now
Had darker eyes
A broader back
Love came with freckles
I didn’t recognize
New birthmarks
A softer voice
Now there were new sleeping patterns
New favorite books
Love had songs that
reminded him
of someone else
Songs Love didn’t like to listen to
So did I
But we found a park bench
that fit us perfectly…
This is the full poem.
