refraction

 

 

 

You're wondering what I mean

When I say that you are beautiful

I say this to give you this knowledge

Affect what I feel upon you

Yet it becomes lost in the empty air

 

I look for lofty concepts in you

But you look at me with query in your eyes

Light bends and misses its mark

 

What I am grasping for

Is belief

All I have is faith

 

You illuminate meaning in me,

So much meaning

And this meaning is a picture in my mind

Superimposed upon the sight of you

I colour you in bright tints and hues,

Make you deeper and richer

And present this image to you

 

I try to break this vacuous space between us

Author's Note

very feral, fresh and barely edited

Reviews

[Kitty]

Very well written poem. As a girl I know what you're saying about "You're wondering what I mean
When I say that you are beautiful". When someone says that to me, my first question is, "what do you want from me?"

Great poem!!!!

Josie

[THE BLACK SEAL]

this was nicely done. good work!