skeleton

you whisper of your beauty
bound in mirrored reflection
once draped upon me as if skin
your memory deceiving the image
for the one true thing

a fragile vanity convinced you
that you were less than you remember
or more than he forgot, both knowing
that beauty emanates from the heart
which lies protected under my watch

holding me, my dark hollows stare
bringing you back to your thoughts of the moment
your hair attached to me, your heart encaged
your memory held within my walls
forever supporting you until you stand no more