Your eyes flutter <br />(Frightened flocks <br />Of birds in flight) <br />Your pursed mouth; <br />A waving sunflower <br />Arrested by the startled wind. <br />So many intertwined stems <br />Of impaling thorn <br />And scarlet rose petal <br />Bind our souls, <br />Bewitch our melded bodies <br />Border and etch <br />The shadow lands <br />Of unrepentant dreams <br />We bleed too easily <br />Against the jagged shards <br />Of our sleeping self-knowledge. <br />So much cost to reckon up. <br />Who could ever pay the price? <br />If I could capture your sorrow, <br />Your quicksilver smile <br />In a glittering moment <br />Of evanescent time <br />Would I know how to <br />Mark the measure <br />Of your cascading tears? <br />Press my hand... <br />Vanquish the attenuated <br />Ghosts of my fear. <br />I will follow you <br />As you go before me. <br />I will not look back. <br />I promise you.<br /><br />Barry Blander<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/promise-124/
