alone with you
January 23, 2012
After I have
spiraled alone through space
with you
how can I not see you?
How can I not know
your shapes
and flavors?
Centuries slide against
memory, each lifetime
unveiling me more
The galaxies remember
me when I
forget my history,
my names written
on all the planets I
have loved, lips I
have touched.
My attempts to escape
my own beauty,
my own worth,
have failed. Necessary
blemishes perfect me:
Now that I am all
alone in the Universe
with you, how can I
not love you?
© 2012 Tahminah Zaman
