2.13.2013

Leather

He once loved

(As a friend
As a man
As a lover
As confidant)

Has become like old leather

The faded and worn leather jacket
Hidden away in the back of your closet
The last remnants of careless youth
Jealously guarded
Shamefully kept secret

A slow caress of the sleeve
The closest you will ever come
To wearing it again



Though I wouldn't trade where I am now for the wide world, "oh, to be young again"!