Room for you

Of you I have a drawer in my mind
Slivers of hearts
Scrapings of brain cells
Preserved
Pickled alphabetically, fleshed jars

I paint your thoughts, imagining them visible to my eye
Colouring between the lines
Pricked my fingertips on your indignation
Soothed spaces with velvet affection
A gallery made of you

I found space for my new obsession
Cleared out memories I once held close
I have reserved a place in my mind
Cramped though it is
A home here you have within me