I wanted to ask last night
When you stopped by
After we kissed
But before you poked my eye.
Meant to ask about the things
Locked inside your vault.
The painting when you were six
The skates when you were ten
The Barbie you stole,
Long-limbed and sultry-eyed,
From a neighbor.
If you never let me look,
Why keep them at all?
What's the point of riddles
With nobody to solve them?
I knew what you'd say.
Tape a finger to my lips. Say hush.
For I'm but a little girl. A stray,
Knick-knack you found in the woods.
Say don't concern yourself.
It's not for my little brain
To solve great, big riddles,
Not even yours.
Except.
I never meant to fix you
I just hoped you'd let see
Over your shoulder,
As the lock comes free...
The code-shield from prying eyes
Eyes stowaway, besotted like mine.
So I could squirrel in my own riddle,
And exit without you looking.
I never meant to fix, no,
I just wish to leave.