Forget What You Have Never Known

Forget what you have never known You have not witnessed the hidden lights within my eyes Nor have you cared whether I have lived or died You haven't walked upon my fields Nor ran your hands through my grasses. You have not basked in the morning smile of my sun Nor been fed by the countenance of me Nor explored my rivers, nor my valleys Nor been drowned in my words By the Siren songs that I have sung. I am every woman and I am no woman If you reach out to touch me, I will not be there I am as concrete as a breath of moistened air I am the shadows that in the morning disappear That run to hide from Night's despair. Do you think that you can know me? I am the deepest and darkest reaches of the universe Places that have not yet been discovered nor explored How can you think to know me? You have no idea what you are looking for. When I look into life's mirror, I see an apparition of myself I see the idea of who it is and what it is That humanity have identified and portrayed as me. I see a hollow shell, an empty vessel, a mannequin That love has neither commanded nor possessed. Blood red trails behind me I leave my wounded in my stead Those who would believe that two could become one I leave them broken and alone Solitary misguided believers with their views. I shun what I most desire To wake to the beating heart of that one One whose emptiness could fill me But that effort has been overcome And I desire to try no more. (January 23, 2011 Wausau, Wisconsin) (c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved