It takes so long to forget

An embrace for a season may take a lifetime of winters to forget.
A kiss from a lover's lips makes an eternity seem like a short breath.
@ YMC October 2013

Why (draft)

I miss you
I wish I didn't but I do.
I remember we once met
We made love
And at some point after I fell in love with you.
It was our conversation, your company that touched my heart
The more I got to know you the more I wanted to be with you.
Perhaps the opposite was the same with you.
I don't know.
I don't know because you won't write back.
I wish you would say something
Tell me why
What did I do wrong?
Will I see you again?

Love is so fleeting
Forgetting takes so long.
You now seem like a dream I had a long time ago.
A good dream
But a dream that is fading.
Not a day goes by without my thinking of you.I browse through my memories like a child re-reads his favorite story book.
Mesmerized at the special pages.
Whispering out the words.
Memory is such a cruel thing
It won't let me forget you.

But I fear you are indifferent to my affection, even my being.

My love for you is undaunted by your silence (draft)

with appreciation to pablo neruda...


I am undaunted by your silence
It is like the night sky
Beautiful, full of mystery,


I am undaunted by your silence
It is as though you were asleep in my bed
And you cannot speak

I am undaunted by your silence
It is as if you were far away
And my voice does not reach you.

I am undaunted by your silence
It is as if you do not know the right words to say
And you are thinking.

I am undaunted by your silence
It is as if you are weeping and cannot speak
And I am on the other side of your door.

Let me come to be still in your silence
To gaze into your mystery
To watch you as you sleep
To draw near to your faraway place
To find the right words to say
To open your door.