the masked avenger

always ready
it's not so much
what you've done

when you're poor
you don't travel
to far-flung places

you prepare.

but what you're ready for
what you're willing to humor
bones to hardwood
for my favorite music
dancing in the ungodly morning

ready to be troublesome
a hero-in-waiting
a mind broad and beautiful

my masked avenger
backpack full
my rumpled knight
my warmth
when winter comes

fear

what happens when you get married

and don't leave yourself out in plain

sight of those you've put on makeup

for those you want to find you which

is why you wore a bright color and 

sat visibly where they could see you

it's the way you find someone you 

could love by waiting for that moment

to casually encounter what was so 

planned so planned that you have to 

put that lipstick away because you 

shouldn't wait for anyone else anymore

but where do you put all of the old

anticipation?