Détente - Rosetta

«When you return, I draw you near

Reassure, then disappear

A slight setback, a souvenir

But you’ve endured, persevered

A second guess will interfere

It’s obvious it’s insincere

Your success across the years

Concealed distress;

I kept you here.»

Weathered lines and scars, a tribute to the years

Turn back times lost on me

Bones ground down to silt, roding to absolve

Toiling, time’s lost on me

I’m carrying th weight of culpability

My cloud bears down upon you

Etched into my frame: ‘desolation'

Written in my name, a legacy

Sweeping over me, a consolation

Blissful melody, a misery

«I will remain with you, reframing points of view;

You will remain with me, pursuing symmetry.»