I asked you for a small sliver of what you kept hidden
Instead, you gave me what you could spare
As I stood, staring
I realized I had nowhere to keep it safe
I looked at the space you now had empty, measuring carefully
So I opened my secret place, and found
To my surprise, I would need to entrust to you,
Near all of my hidden things
To make room, for you.
Carefully I placed mine in your care
And you locked it away tightly
I slid yours into place and found
It fit nicely
But when the day came, and you wanted to switch back
We opened up our hidden places
And for the life of me I couldn’t tell what was mine
And what had belonged to you
after all the jumbling and melding
We decided it looked the same
So with resignation, we agreed to split them again.
An even trade
But as I walked away, I couldn’t help but feel
You had kept, on purpose,
part of me with you.