i promise i won’t tell by kit sage

this secret, 

tucked in the vault of my mind 

hidden in the holes in my heart 

buried behind my buttoned beak

lol

i promise – this will be my little secret

before the water boils and bubbles over the pot – 

i promise 

i won’t tell

i call you because 

i crave your caresses 

i sit with you, because 

i have an ulterior motive

of your lips pressed on mine. 

lol

i promise, i will try to stop thinking about you every waking

second i’m alive 

but the very idea that you live and breathe enough to send me

off the deep end.

lol

so,

i’ll try not to love you, 

i promise.