Memories
Memories float through my mind.
Dreams, hopes, desires, inspiration...
All of which I find in you.
You, with your soft, penetrating gaze.
There is a fire burning within me ---
a desire to have what seems unattainable.
Emotion, like thick, heighty, stone barracades,
is dropped along the path.
A path that leads to my desire,
my final dream.
You, with your smooth skin and light touch,
possess everything for which my soul yearns.
Yet the claw still remains within me,scratching its way through my spirituality
in search of its destination --- my heart.
Fear fills me when I imagine what may take place...I feel the thick claws tearing ---
working their way slowly and painfully through each layer,
the blood drowning my dreams, my hopes,
my desires...and my inspiration.
You, with your soothing voice and emotional charm,
unaware of the pain I feel...
Unaware of just how much you have changed in me.
My tainted emotion is reaching out to touch you,wanting to share, and to grow, and to feel free...
Only you, with your soft, penetrating gaze,
your smooth skin and light touch,
your soothing voice and emotional charm,
Only you --- with your silent empathy....
7 December 1992