BEYOND SELF

Why can't you tell me what I mean to you-
am I a piece of paper stuck to your shoe?
now and then a rustle on the pavement
catching you off guard? nearly nonexistent
memories disturbing your peace of mind?

When will I see you for the man you are
instead of some love god, or a superstar?
reduced to slave status, I can't let go
of what I want you to be. why won't you show
me affection, passion-why be so kind?

What do you feel when you think of me,
or if you don't, admit it! be brutally
honest, or lie to me, but speak! silence
is unbearable, how it mocks and torments
me till I feel like I'm deaf, dumb and blind.

Where would I look for answers if you won't
reply? How Can You Not Know Your Heart? WHY DON'T
YOU? then, in my mind's eye, your face appears,
and the sweetness of your voice in my soul's ears
puts me at ease-truth and silence combined

In one solitary vibration of
a soundless, ageless, timeless, limitless love.
who speaks, who knows, who cares any more? not
I! don't even try to answer; I forgot
the question. now I realize you signed

Your name on my heart; no letter, but you-
who you are, what you feel and sense, carved into
the core of my being, never to be
erased. no more are you and I, only we
exist, beyond self, forever entwined.

~Broken Wings~