Your question, ‘Do you love me? ’ <br />Gives no option but a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ <br />Depriving my choices, killing my abundance, <br />Leaving me with this dichotomy, ‘this’, or ‘that’ <br /> <br />Repeatedly I am asked this question, <br />Very demanding, and difficult to answer <br />‘Yes’ denies ‘no’, ‘no’ denies ‘yes’ <br />Let me be silent; it doesn’t deny my love, though. <br /> <br />You gave me rules to abide by, customs to follow <br />And words to think - utterances of judgment, <br />Noise of raw encounters, symbols of barren peripheries <br />You block my mind, shut my heart’s door <br /> <br />Yet, I loved your words and I lied to you with them, <br />Surrendering the real me, being a victim, <br />Being your reflection, blocking my true self, <br />Setting unbreakable boundaries for centuries <br /> <br />Let me end this long suffering, <br />Shatter the limits you have set, and explore; <br />To dive beneath the depth of my soul, <br />To soar beyond the heights of your world<br /><br />Ashraf Karayath<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/boundaries-10/
