My Treasure Chest of Words

In the heavy silence I grope around In my treasure chest of words Fumbling to find The right one… The word jewel… Glowing with honesty Radiating with passion Emanating love Displaying desire Quarried from… The rock of my heart. Where is it? Oh, where is it? I look at your impassive face Indifference in every line Of all I consider fair And idolatrous. I continue to search In the suffocating silence… Finding a few choice words I string them along in my mind Not good enough! Discarding them, I search again. Finally… In hopeless desperation I reach across the abyss and… Caress your check My fingers saying What my lips cannot form And glory of glories Heaven on earth… You smile Leaning your face Into my hand. For Treasure Chest Contest By Anthony Slausen