you ruined forever for me

forever
will never sound the same
I flinch now when I hear it
a word now wields a pain

you said it to me
we were pressed together
two lovers between sheets
like flowers pressed
between pages of poetry
it felt like sweetness, honesty
delicateness could be preserved
indefinitely

but the words turned
from a garden to a graveyard
like a frost overnight
promises planted, were buried
forever a brief life

forever was a flower
alive for a season, I heard
you ruined forever for me
I think I mean just the word
I hope I mean just the word