What can I say
that you don’t already know?
So, I
wrap the shawl warmly
around the curve of your shoulders,
watch you drink water
your lips not touching the glass,
gaze at you without reason,
sit beside you quietly,
make tea just as you like it,
listen to you breathing,
catch your curl and hang it in a poem,
draw the curtain
so the sun doesn’t hurt your dreams...
crack a cliché and release the kernel,
It is better than turning love
into a three worded phrase.
