The Lovers

I was always afraid
of the next card

the psychic would turn
over for us—
                              Forgive me
for not knowing
how we were

every card in the deck.

Copyright Credit: Timothy Liu, "The Lovers" from Don’t Go Back to Sleep. Copyright © 2014 by Timothy Liu.  Reprinted by permission of Saturnalia Books.
Source: Don't Go Back to Sleep (Saturnalia Books, 2014)