i found myself –

upon the shore –

gazing in your eyes –

calm –

deep water.

i wanted you to know me –

feel my presence.

without – hesitation –

or reservation –

i tossed the stone…

ripples –

endless waves –

flowing outward.

and even if i wanted –

i could not stop them –

or even withdraw the effect

of my most curious touch

on your enigmatic mind!

i fear

that i will never understand from what authority –

you disallow?

how ludicrous –

the signs you post –

inscribed with such callous – un-intent!

sad,

it must be –

unable to respond –

responsible to guilt –

imprisoned inside a tomb – of should…

and while your hope floats away,

upon a breeze of – nonchalance –

my – could –

remains captive –

bound by chains unseen –

victim to your abrupt,

yet rehearsed,

abandon!

unable –

sad word –

thrown carelessly into the wind…

inability –

chosen –

not a consequence,

rather,

a decision…

you take from me all that you need –

leave hulls of hope scattered on the floor –

and i am just too weak from wanting more

to sweep,

or even care!

i need you –

more than – want,

more than – have to have,

as much as – to die for…

i need –

you,

longer than,

forever –

before – now!

addicted to –

the all-of-you,
i cling to your every word.

place them – captive –

in my heart…
and when i find,

you’ve gone away –
i pull them out –

remembering the way you looked right into me –

spoke comfort,

calmed storms,

extinguished fires of discontent,

by simply uttering my name!

i carry –

you,

deep within – me.

unencumbered

as light attached to dawn –

you are my sunrise.

guiding light.

that leads me safely home!

far deeper than any touch,

much more real,

than feel –

unlike whispers

fading into the air,

carried away too soon –

you are the – air!

all inclusive,

pervasive as nightfall –

you seep into every pore of my being,

filling every cavity of my soul!

i drink you in –

the thirst never satisfied,

and so i must return,

time and again,

to your most pensive fountain!

voids –

spaces not filled –

empty – holes …

a glance –

eyes searching for confirmation,

not returned.

a hand – offered –

friendship –

given –

no takers…

sentences without punctuation.

and you –

the question i am not allowed to answer!

have you seen me lately?.

looking for you –

following you –

have you felt the presence

of my hands –

as a breeze blew past –

perhaps felt the caress of my soul

on your face,

in your heart?

longingly – you stare,

yet ever so – placid.

your soul cries out to me,

as you stuff silence down your throat,

and the flame – dies!