things i never told HER

things that i never told HER

i never said that SHE had contributed to my

    reawakening to life scenes although

  clearly it was HER light that drew me out from myself, my own deception, my quiet

      surrender

i never mentioned the word influence when

  HER image demanded my mind’s tribute    an unconditional

       occupation whose stimulus

                             left me depleted and dependent and elated

i never honored my desolations or temptations   or

    brought forth emptiness              i kept

my inner nothing

        well within myself

i never told HER       that

          i cannot live      without

                   HER

because of course                                                            I can

       and I unremarkably           am                        i just don’t                   

 understand     how         

SHE          so easily

         can breath

can                  sing

                                            can live 

                  without        

                                       me

Leave a comment