Poetic Dose: Parallel Universes

(October 2014)

i cannot say
the exact moment
nor fully comprehend
the how ---
perhaps a swift blow
from cupid's stray arrow,
or the slow burning
of daily small gestures;
or the why's ---
similarly wired brains,
the unspoken partnership
or, perhaps,
simply
the volumes spoken
from a sideways glance,
the undefined yearning
from a brief touch.

i cannot say
my exact sentiments
my heart, as conflicted
as your cryptic messages ---
tossed around in a sea
of late night exchanges,
pulled deeper in the undercurrent
of the almost-but-never-quite;
my soul, as lost
as your true meaning ---
wound up
in the rollercoaster ride
of your affections
--- or affectations?

i cannot know,
may never want to know
perhaps i should just
draw a cupful of comfort ---
these moments
of mutual tenderness
come to pass
   a wrinkle in time,
perhaps somewhere
in a parallel universe
i am
for you
the very heartbeat
that brings you to life.