You Said You Would Forget

You said you would forget me—

like restless waves upon the sea,

crashing in the eyes.

You said—

in the city of love, now turned to ashes,

you fear to walk again,

lest one spark

burn your heart once more.

You fear—

oh, how deeply you fear—

not man,

but the shadow of man.

A small man, a small life—

is it light behind the shadow,

or shadow behind the light?

Simple words falter upon the lips—

what I wish to say,

what I end up saying.

You said: Do not return.

In the heavy black monsoon of sorrow,

you walked away.

But will your rain-soaked grief

ever fall again, Beloved?

Today I am like a star, veiled in clouds—

dimmed, lost to myself.

A wandering soul,

burning with the desire

to exist

within your existence.

And yet—

I will sit and wait

on the riverbank of life.

If you wish,

you may return once more,

sailing across in the boat of longing.

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