Were it possible
just to stand outside your house
and scream, 'I LOVE YOU!'-
-that nothing
but your heart would hear-

instead...

risking the perils of the night
I retreat
into the darkest parts of the forest
to release my futile plea
to the universe...

yet again...

the overflow of emotion
too much to bear-
as if one could withstand
the fury of an angered volcano
by will alone!

Neither can I contain my desolation.

It is a raw wound from a jagged blade
dipped in spite and prejudice...
bathing my soul in acid-

Thus, the only ones
to perceive my agonized cries
are they who will never hurt me-

Nature and all her kin...

and God, whose Heart breaks with me.

Nay that the world should be burdened
with my sorrow!

Who am I, after all?

I am no one
but someone
who
loves
you...