I miss you love but wonder what it was based on

You loved me once 

but now you don’t, 

because I shaved 

off my goatee 

 

and left only 

a strange mustache. 

I miss you love 

but wonder what 

 

it was based on— 

a full Van Dyke? 

A hidden chin? 

You loved me for 

 

the wrong reason. 

But there’s still hope. 

I saved my beard. 

I know, I’m weird— 

 

I swept it up 

in a Ziploc 

in case you ever 

want it back. 

 

So let me know, 

it’s in my desk. 

I’ll trade it for 

your love, no less. 

 

[Aaron Belz {1971- } 'beard beard', from Lovely, Raspberry]