Vault
(Inside this vault)
no hatred knows
the combinations of
my love
but you
my you
you hold the key
but turn a wink
reopen me
reclaim this love
once always yours
& as you leave
unlock the doors
as there's no greater
prize than this
(except
perhaps
your hand
& kiss).
Vault © Copyright 2021, Robert J. Tiess.
View this poem at AllPoetry.com
51 words. E. E. Cummings (Love Is a Place) inspiration challenge prompt - link:
https://allpoetry.com/contest/2753993-E.E.-Cummings-Poem-prompt
The "perhaps your hand" is also subtle reference to Cumming's "Spring is like a perhaps hand":
https://poets.org/poem/spring-perhaps-hand
Submitted: June 30, 2020