while searching the interweb for a description of parentheses usage in poems, I happened to stumble across this gem and it really made me smile. 

remember ( how we would spend
all night watching television
as we laughed about the trivial
matters of what we were made to be. )

how ( i held your hand, matching your
fingers with mine and noticed how
much you were growing — the warmth
gives cryptic messages their name. )

i ( loved how we used to walk together
— in sync and never out of place and
we would always drop our masks and show
the world that we were never afraid. )

loved ( you more than anything —
more than the “significant others” i have
met, the parents we both share, and the
supposed friends that i used to have. )

you ( were the smile lines upon my face as
they dried from the radiating hatred —
and i’m left with the memories left behind
by your footprints. )