fool's were'ds

quest/I/on:
to know how
I came to man/age this
cons/trained
back/words
sent/I~ment: to catch you
as I was
f/ailing. to recognize
this dis/stress sign/al.

why could I not
believe in this,
but now be-leaving this
behind closed/ors.

you did fall in
      to me~lted in
      to my warmth,
my skin of sun
you t/ouch
with burnt plea/sure.
that love:
a g|if|t:
my presence
wrapped
up in my prison
mind\set like stone.
a mental pun/ishment.

your sweetness
that in/habited
my heart
sailed away from these
ssshhhhh~ores
of silence, s/melted
into iron/ic
sadness. utterly.
tear/full memories.
as now, when
I am left
with nothing
but these. fool’s
were’ds.