A Forgotten Gift

• Majella Bouwman, Grade 11
• Poetry
• 2009

I have nothing to give.
Nothing
that is not already yours
To take.

You are the light
That can disguise my darkness.
You are all
I have left.

I give you my love
And see the spark in your eye. Flicker.

I give you my love.
You return it
With Romeo’s dagger

You have chosen the light
And so I will die
In the darkness.