LIKE A STICK PULLED THROUGH WATER

From across the meadow and beyond the brook
You look to me and I turn to you-
the world drags by like a stick pulled through water,
and I make my way through the things that besmirch me
from getting to you faster.
the bamboo stalks that wall me away
decidely lean apart,
in a remote act of kindness
allowing me to make it to you,
just so that
I can kiss you in the dark.



I love you.
Copyright ©2004 Ashi Shadow 8/19/04 on Katie
besmirch line and some others need work.