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I Have Watched You Ever So Silently
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I have watched you ever so silently,
watched you with eyes still weary with slumber
and eyes alive with the wakefulness of day.
I have watched you ever so silently
over coffee, easy laughter,
and the warmth of the noonday sun.
And in the solitude of cold mornings when,
your breathing and mine are one.
I have watched you unseen, concealed in myself,
and have seen even more
than a thousand mirrors could confer.
Like when you read something, soundlessly;
your lips moving in unison with your thoughts,
Your eyes barely leaving the pages they have touched,
except perhaps to gaze at me yet again;
sleeping, dreaming, in my little pretense.
Sometimes your energy is soft like twilight,
and often unbreakable, like lightning
on a storm-weathered night.
Your hands are earth-colored and strong,
yet they keep a supple beauty
as when you shape your dreams
into diamonds with fire.
In spite of their strength, as your hands bear weight,
Patiently, neatly still, they fit into mine —
soft and liquid as velvet, ever so light.
I have watched you, and in clandestine silence I thrive,
For to see you in any other way
than this would leave words floating,
and would have me search for them
in my frailty; lost and wanting.
And so I watch you ever so carefully, silently;
a space for each ephemeral time.
To partake of that coveted sweetness
in your laughter-dimpled eyes, until—
After much wandering, they rest, like two doves
Finally, piercingly, unto mine.
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-01/04/06-
