a cheat - to pass the time, comfort the heart.

You told me a secret, one that I knew,

and our embraces tightened; the truth was our glue.

I drew on your cheeks with my finger,

a note of love, which I hoped would linger.

The giggles and laughs,

stifled by the glass, echoed in sweet surrender;

who could have said it was not forever

when the kiss-stamps of possession

took a momentary digression -

the door broke open and the lights barged on

as the pretender to your heart,

stood there aghast.