said twenty years ago

a hundred million stars no longer shine
the night becomes more desperate
than the oblivion of a burned heart

a primitive nuptial promise, uniting children
a lifetime ago in faraway lands – today I have met love
in the soft eyes of a foreigner to exotic traditions

how my heart leaps towards freedom in your arms
how tender love has blossomed from friendship
for I dared to show you more than my eyes

together we have no poetry for goodbyes
after the simple beauty of your courtship
our dreams unite us with beguiling charms

for in this world I am not made for submission
I cannot wed pagan ways ignoring verses of love
I cannot become as barren as a rocky mountain

alas from your love I must flee, weeping, I depart
like a shooting star granting no wishes, I plummet
towards the empty despair of a stranger’s shrine


said twenty years ago
[2008.20.2…b]