There are not enough Poems about Love by Betini Udo

In the smallness of my grief,

I hold all that we used to be.

Broken vows and playlists 

I do not listen to anymore. 

In the smallness of my grief,

I hold who I used to be with you

And what I am now without. 

A shadow lurking in your corner,

Hoping the light of your smile 

Will bring to the surface my humanness.

I hold in the smallness of my grief

All that I remember of you. 

The thickness that I could never comb 

That was your curls. 

The weightlessness of your lips,

The caress of your eyes,

The warmth of your hands on me.

The love of your words and the 

Comfort of your promises.

In the smallness of my grief

I hold my dreams.

I compare it with what is before my eyes 

And I wish to be no more alive.

I wish to journey into my dreams 

Where you are

And live out my happily ever after.

In the smallness of my grief

I hold my broken heart.

Pieces that break my skin with 

Their sharp edges of betrayal. 

In the smallness of my grief

I hold what is left of us 

To cherish and to hold,

For better and for worse,

For richer and for poorer, 

Till death do us part.