I want you

to leave,

sweetheart

so that you can come back to me

and tell me that the world

has dark corners

that you have stood in

so that I don't have to,

all those closed doors you threw your voice at

so that the echoes bounced back to me

again and

again

and I caught them

in the end

while you walked ahead without me

and oh! as I exclaimed

every time a new moment hit my feet

like a ripple at the shore.

You send me gifts

when you let heart explore.