“Contemplation VII”

I venture to look deeper into yours eyes and

gently

scrutinize,

            moving deeper and deeper until

my own gaze has lost its way back.

 

For the first time since I loved you,

I had no reason to suspect that it might hurt.

 

The loneliness is wearing me down.

I seem to yield easily to restlessness now.

            Your presence is everywhere;

you shadow my movements,

soft and soothing--I cannot touch you,

            but nearer you are to me than

my own heart.

The house is furnitured with your laughter

and the minutes lapse like

still frames of an

anxious, weary woman.

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