Safsal Gaiya

by Claire Rachel

On our first real date

Second in two

days On a dark bench

We kissed in this Little

alley that you

Promised was safe

On and on you told Me

that you would Protect

me from Whoever

would take And you

couldn’t run Off to

war again You had

already run Off to war

You ran off to

protest These days

and said You were

more careful Than

poor Guy who Got his

legs beat and No one

told me so no Soup

got to him in bed

From me at least You

were more careful

You had already

run Off to war Which

he never ran to But

you really regretted

All that running We

could sit on a bench

You promised was

safe On and on you

told me