Monday, September 19, 2011

THAT WHICH GOES UNSAID

 -- To my Boddhisattva whose name is light


Her finger, tracing my cheek
Her eyes, my last sight 
          as night enfolds me
Her smile welcoming
          both the sun and I
Her shiver, as I trace
          her spine beneath the quilt
Her laugh, heartfelt, at a joke
          best left untold
Her joy at hearing
          what was said
          and what was not
He words, bringing
          laughter and tears
          by turns, but which
          no one wishes to forget
Her lips, their whisper
          that I carry from the house
          and through my day
Eight years
          the impossible has been real
          the undeserved offered in abundance
          the unattainable in hand
That which goes unsaid
          but is always on the tongue
          and within the heart.

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