POEM STARTER

‘With a smile, you promise to say nothing more.’

Write a poem or short story that concludes with this line. What kind of themes could lead to this final phrase?

Closure

I wish I had the glint

You keep in your blue eyes

I wish that when I’m silent

I wouldn’t have to say why


It’s not that I’m jealous of you

Or in love

Or in hate

Just that I seem to respect you

More than I did yesterday


I wish I never stood

To see the day

Your smile faded

I wish you had known

What you created


The day I evened up to you

Was only so

I could meet you at your eye level

And study that glint closer


I remember hardly any

Of the words you told me

Just the body language

Of your still hands

Tilted eyes

Subtle glances

Pushed aside

It was always a how

Never a why


Somehow I’ve met

So many people like you

Except you never did anything

The way they meant it to

Maybe you were wrong

Because you couldn’t hold back your right

Maybe it was the both of us

Too weak for a fight


And here’s your closure

Since I’ve gotten mine

The way you’ve matured

Since you walked through that door

With another slight smile

You promised to say nothing more

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