Someone Else

You don't know
                        from countless hours
                        of drowning in her words
                        A loving gift of written dreams, secret fears
                        erotic passions...
                        Reflections of destiny's hand
                        so carefully imagined in prose and promise
                        Her poetry

                        You don't feel
                        from standing, embracing
                        no space between
                        One moment to last lifetimes;
                        infinite unquenchable fires
                        intertwined with a peaceful calm
                        derived from a kiss -
                        a single kiss
                        Her desire

                        And you don't see
                        from a million and four stars away
                        a fragile, weeping heart
                        longing sighs, wistful yearnings
                        silhouetted in sadness
                        Head in hands not strong enough
                        to hide or dry tears
                        Aching grey skies too heavy to hold
                        Her pain...

                        You don't love her
                        endlessly, desperately, selflessly
                        the way someone else always will