when I am
by Matthew Stokdyk
when I am
becomes I was
I love will still be
I love;
but when you are
becomes you were,
will it become
you loved?
I fear will fear
that warmth will was
and that alone
will make me was.
Originally published in the Spring 2016 volume of Illumination. (N.b., the page seems to have disappeared; here is an archive.)