Mistletoe

Let's go for a drink, you said
Dangling our whole relationship 
In a five word thread above
The pub door
More than you'd said in days.
I always hoped, 
Always, 
Saw mistletoe when you smiled -
White berries for red warnings
And every mistake
That flowered too late
In my mind.
Where was I then? The girl who holds the World in her words,
Suspended my time waiting for yours - 
I wish I'd poured that drink over your head.

LJ Ireton