Guarded

I will remember

today as the day

you caught more 

than my attention.

You commandeered

my heart with kindness

and commanded

my focus with sincerity.

Do not maroon me 

now that I've tasted

the gold and silver

of companionship.

Do not pirate my
guarded emotions.
I have been swindled
before and there is little
worse than the aftermath
of deceit.