i have always remained silent <br />like a dead man <br />but deep within there is always <br />this love growing <br />wanting to kiss your lips and <br />hold you <br />i close my eyes to dream at noon <br />your body and your soul <br />fused into mine <br /> <br />it is this oneness of us in the dream <br />that makes me write the poems and make me live <br />it is this separation <br />of our two realities that make me die <br />every moment <br /> <br />i am the coward of our time <br />i am the one that you can never love<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/when-i-look-at-your-lips/