making a vow
not to vow
wishing to live in nows
and wow
strings-detaching claws

upping my game
losing a name
to find a bunch of elses
in vain
naming the rain, wane sense

vowing my name away
not needing bays
boys don’t cry, lay
new ways
of lays, neighing

vowing to never vow
wowed I wish to bind
myself to you in
now to ever,
love, I vow, never-

don’t let go, kind
thought from my mind
nevermind my kind
I swear, love
not to swear you off