Letter-Stall

I met her –

Slate-hair, slim-breath, lost-halo her –

As a last-seat rambler.

She heart-stole me.

She is a rebel, her –

Rose-heart, storm-blest, star-tooth her –

Tall tales stole me.

She rises; she –

Loose-limb, lazy-hair, heart-rest she –

Is more lost,

Here is mere me, sole, me.

I’ll miss her –

Mast-raise, sail-raise, heart-raise her –

‘Till she sails home to this shore,

To me, lost at this shoal; me.

She is small, her –

Maze-lost, mail-heart, sheer-tore her –

Bless is a loss, a hole, to me.

To me, home is her –

Tame-bear, time-raze, to-amaze, lite-beam, sole-heart her –

Am I lost? At a loss? Is this role me?

Oh I, I blame her.

I swear I haven't totally lost my mind with this poem - it's called a "Beautiful Inlaw", and it's a form where the only letters you're allowed to use are those of a name. I used the full name of a good friend of mine; this poem is about her.

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