You sit there and say, <br />'You don't know me. <br />A lie like that <br />Slips out too easily <br /> <br />Your eyes blank <br />Stare straight into mine <br />Daring me to defend <br />To contradict <br />To deny my body and mind <br /> <br />When I without effort, thought <br />Completely, naturally <br />Absorb and digest <br />Expand and radiate you back <br />Back through me <br /> <br />To fill space, to light it up <br />To magically touch those <br />Who look my way <br />To share then with them <br />My knowledge of you <br /> <br />To validate my feelings <br />My new truth <br />My first real sensory <br />Connection with myself <br />A blinding, delicious <br />Partnership with nature <br /> <br />When all in me <br />Combines with sounds <br />Textures and colors <br />And you sit and coldly say, <br />'You don't know me <br /> <br />When you know, as do I <br />That I know you <br />Molecule by molecule <br />We have shared <br />Explored the universe <br />Of minds together <br /> <br />We have, dear sir <br />Gotten to know each other <br />Not by ordinary means <br />Social intercourse <br />Our mystical eyes <br />A special gift we share <br />Took us there <br /> <br />Left our inert bodies behind <br />To become one with all matter <br />For all time <br />Where only awareness <br />And appreciation count <br /> <br />It happened that way for me <br />I know you <br />And now I know myself <br />It's not necessary to say <br />'You don't know me' <br />It's okay<br /><br />CAROL HUGHES<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/you-don-t-know-me-14/
