braided love

You can't keep this I said as I handed you my heart Yours seemed to fit so perfectly

You can't keep this I repeated as you looked up and tried to hold on to it

slipping through your fingers I swiftly caught it and saw what you had done

silver braids you wove around it and bound it to yours and as you tugged, I wept

Be strong I whispered as we parted the mercury line stretched but did not break