If I had just one more chance
I’d tell you what I learnt
From loving myself after I loved you
How strong how warm the fire burnt
Then I’ll add one to one
Yet my answer will be three
I learnt that it’s because
Of the secret you kept from me
You said you’d love me
How I talk and when I laugh
And then I’d fall in love
And stray from a familiar path
And if I add two to two
I know that I’ll still get three
Because you knew all along
That you’ll leave me
One and one make two too little
Two and two too much for me
You and I and everyone else
That’s your holy trinity
— J.M. (2018)