I’ve been looking for this,
This square of muted reds and pinks,
I’ve searched in all the customary places;
I’ve turned my house, my life
Upside down.
I’ve rummaged through my closet,
Throwing out all the useless pieces of a life once lived,
Heaps of sweaters on the floor,
The shoes that I doodled on when I daydreamed.
I’ve run my hands between all the couch cushions,
But found only spare change and a
Missing plastic piece to the remote,
Not what I was missing.
But finally I found it there,
Those muted reds and pinks in the shadows of your face,
The notches and grooves that,
When turned just imperceptibly,
Fit perfectly,
Turned out to be what I had thought I would never find,
What I thought I had lost forever,
Ripped out and torn apart;
Turned out to be,
When wiggled just the right way,
The missing piece to my
Ever-beating heart.