you ruined forever for me

forever
will never sound the same
I flinch when I hear it
a word like a threat
of a slap to the face

you said it to me
when we pressed together
two lovers between sheets
like flowers pressed
between pages of poetry
like we could save the sweetness, honesty
preserve delicateness
forever

but words turned
from a garden to a graveyard
with a frost overnight
promises planted, buried
they never saw the light

forever was a flower
alive for a few nights
you ruined forever for me
I think I mean just the word
I hope I mean just the word