Palette

So our crime was closeness
at record speed
and time.
Too porous for the gloves we gave it.

The seams, wide open
allowed for even
gentlest attacks
to massacre.

While Wisdom calls for distance
at length,

One cannot simply sever, for,
the human heart
does not work that way.

Permit this seed to blossom
slowly as it must.

Keeping in mind
it will not bloom
had the soil
been unwatered