Words Are Not Enough

I dropped a pebble in your waters,

waited while the ripples came back.

I winked a secret in the silence,

you smiled with eyes turned black.

I kissed a teardrop from your cheekbone-

kissed you 'til  your lips turned blue.

I bruised black blood into your cold lips:

some loving is what saved you.

I hid a love-note in a bottle,

hoped for ripples to catch,

I awaited something, grieved,

while someone lit three candles

from a tallow-tired match.