the only honesty i can offer you <br />inside my empty room <br />is the bluntness of silence <br /> <br />ask me why i have no answer <br />to all your questions <br />i don't think that you are a stranger <br />to a love without name or <br />categories <br />you have been fucked up <br />do not deny that <br />you have been bleeding <br />and you have not healed yet <br />from that pain that <br />you voluntarily infected upon <br />your heart, <br /> <br />silly. <br /> <br />this time i will lie again <br />i love you, and i have to repeat it <br />to reinforce this lie <br />like a weak concrete post <br />concealed by fresh cement <br /> <br />if you ask me to kneel <br />i will <br />there is not much effort <br />in doing something that <br />i do not mean <br /> <br />you will see me lowering my head <br />and you may decapitate <br />what crown of integrity i have <br /> <br />bowing like a slave losing his grip <br />on the power of words <br />and protestation <br /> <br />i worship you <br />i undress myself like a cursed god of air <br />i become a dim light to your touch <br />i become a mist <br />a fog, a cloud, a mirage, a rainbow <br />a stream of thoughts <br />that you can never hold <br /> <br />silly. <br />kiss me if you <br />can.<br /><br />RIC S. BASTASA<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-inconsistency/
