VISTA
D PRESS
ELLENSBURG 1993
Cover Collage by the author
VISTA
for Laura
Does love hurt?
—Yes, it hurts
.
Half cloud
half wave
Half sand
half moon
If I don't suffocate,
I'll drown
.
Sometimes a little
sometime much
sometimes nothing
.
What is to love, what
does it mean?
If I say "I love you,"
need this be true?
What kind of mistake
is there room for here?
.
Baffled,
I try to walk
backwards,
see backwards
The leaves lighten
and grow
visible
Light
filters down
.
Feeling is a path,
and when the path splits,
you must sit
and be quiet
until the ground
trembles
.
To say "I love"
is not the same
as what I feel
The sense is not
the sentence,
but the words
are enough
.
Would you be
the one, the only
one near?
Were you here
I would fill you
with my words
.
I don't mean to wheedle,
flatter or maneuver
You are in my poem, your
presence, strong and real
