Mingo Perry's untitled poem looks back on a moment of closeness that the speaker is afraid of losing. The speaker asks only that the two people remember who they were when their defenses dropped, when walls fell, hearts sat on sleeves, and they felt weightless and safe. The home they built "within our hearts" has a flaw, though: the keys dissolved in their blood, so getting back in isn't simple.
Then morning comes and they retreat behind their "guarded gates." The seas they crossed together turn into "poisoned lakes," and they go numb to avoid pain. The speaker admits the request is already fading and wonders whether who they were is still who they are. The words "when we're sober, love is hard" suggest that the openness came from some kind of intoxication, though the poem never says what. The mood is wistful and uneasy, a longing for honesty that only seems to survive in a hazy memory.