Nameless wonders speak volumes in my unwritten heart.
\nCalled to taste the moment their beauty can be shared
\nand forever trembling behind my unspoken hand.<\/p>\n
Come forth wordless desire
\neternally escaping my call for definition.
\nIf not by words then
\nfind sound and understanding in a chord or broken rhythm,
\nfind comprehension in a touch, or stroke of hair, or waltzing precision.<\/p>\n
Do not let yourself die in the quiet fire of my longings!<\/p>\n
Birth yourself from me in colors splashed on canvas,
\nin caressing hands upon clay, delicate fingers placed upon strings.<\/p>\n
If not by words then
\nmake thyself known by contracting muscle, by tides of blood,
\nby sex and sweat and tears upon pillows.<\/p>\n
It is you who inspires all forms of expression.
\nIt is your authorship signed on every overlooked simplicity, every unappreciated complexity.
\nDo not orphan the magnitude of your gravity.
\nGive it voice, give it flavor, give it scent and color! Give it texture!<\/p>\n
If not by words,
\nthen by utter silence, in total darkness.
\nRemoved from the need to name you.
\nYour beckoning emptiness is satiated
\nin the still surrender of my tongue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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