Papoism

s o f t l y

2010-05-13T09:40:00.000-07:00

softly, I will leave you, softly

for my heart will break, if you should wake and see me go

so, I'll leave you, softly

long before you miss me, long before your arms can beg me stay for one more hour, for one more day, after all the years

I can't bear the tears to fall so softly

as I leave you there

-a. de vita

Distances

2010-03-08T02:46:00.000-08:00

There may be a reason for our distance.
A portion of memory suggests that we shared a good time together.
I would like to think the summer was too warm for your soft skin,
the lights too blinding for your crystal eyes,
the stories too epic for your imagination.
But in all of this, I am sure.
I am certain:
that we will go on this way like always
that you will see what you want to see
and feel what you want to feel
While I lose choices each day, wanting to feel, but having no reason to
I will pursue my little dream
Of having you in my life
Of bringing your soul into my seeking
Of lavishing your heart with mine.

I do not wish to part.
This is only the beginning of my sojourn into you.
This only cements the void of my person into yours.
Make swift these moments that carry my faith with you.
I promise only greater strength by which we would withstand

this distance.

8 March 2010

Eureka! (a third Valentine offering)

2010-02-12T08:26:00.000-08:00

Eureka! I found you!

You are not in some silly old house where nothing hangs but a sad painting

Or a dry, cold bank where you touch the bills with such delicate fingers

You are not in Mcdonald's, where I sat for moments waiting

Or at my home where your scent lingers

You're just in one place I am happy with

Tucked in a labyrinth of tangled giddy

That sort of place where I put all my pillows, the softest yet

And listen to nightingales dreamily chirping their refrains

I hope that the air conjoins with the mist in achieving your lightest breath

And even melt the overlaying sleet

Eureka! Eureka! My dearest one

You're here, you're here

Away from sight

But in my only heart.

13 February 2010, twilight

Where can I find you?

2010-02-05T06:41:00.000-08:00

I gathered all the poetry books I could find.

Skimmed them through and through

Over and above, I searched for anything about Love.

I found very little, in words archaic, almost brittle:

Not expressive of what I feel about you, everyday.

You're like a page I don't want to turn at all.

A hanging glass egg that should not fall

I gleam at your words and whenever I'm through,

Reading seems just the right way to construe

Your eternal thoughts, your ever-fleeting glances

I learn about you just as the day advances.

From page to page I win your confidence

That every time you speak, you cadence:

Long, short, short, short, long, long...

For you, my dearest, I do long.

And now, I find no poem can

Ever mean the words I plan

To tell you most, the things I share

From my heart's most intimate affair.

I find my world at peace with you

Always when the nearer to

You I am. I am you

Know

that

Love

You.

5 February 2010

Happy Valentine's Day!

2010-01-28T05:55:00.000-08:00

Some nights ago, I dreamed of you
And you appeared, you
Spoke to me of sweet nothings
But gave me much of everything
That I wanted, that I really, really wanted
The warmth of a soul, the caress of the heart
Made me so much for you never to part
Hoping our time together would be
So much more time to be free
Rather it made us long for each other
And made us have to meet a time another
A moment specially made for you and me
A lifetime that we hope would be
Forever and a day
Tomorrow and all way
Never needing
Ever heeding
You and I
Only fly the sky
Like the eagles
Passing by

for Aris 28 Jan 2010