Reflections
By Lindsey Rodan
Ed. Jonathan C. Nilson

I think I’ll always wonder
How it would feel to kiss you.

To leave my lips be parted
But ne'er to utter my breath
To let you touch my heart
But ne'er feel its beating

I wonder what would happen
If all that I have thought
Were to be suddenly voiced.

If all that I have felt
Were to be reflected in you ...

... I’ll always know a painful hunger
As the longing of my resistance

When our gazes match
Knowing that your touch is so immediate
Yet always so far removed from mine.

And I’ll always marvel
If you were to fathom

Would actions change?
Would glances be held in bitter restraint?

But in my perpetual state
I will matchless wonder.
Because I am drawn away,
I will never know.

Lindsey Rodan
Ed. Jonathan C. Nilson
2001-06-09 :: 3:42am