I Answer You Poem by Herbert Nehrlich

I Answer You



You have,
since I first read
your facial lines
your hands,
of liking birds
and more,
made an impression
on my heart,
you dented it
with gentle hands,
perhaps you nuzzled
even brushed your lips
for one small moment
yet concavities may stay.
My heart went on
to beat
with regularity,
quite unaware
and it was fine
within itself,
a hermit's life,
but then,
it was a day
that time forgot,
birds flew due South
and dew fell from the sky
to cool all spiders' feet,
and to remind of you,
it spoke,
wet as it was
through haze,
and great disguises
to a pair of hearts,
and pointed to the dent,
and touched
as with each beat
the spot would change,
expanding first
and then retreat
as if to hold a talk
inside.
And then,
with gentleness
the hearts combined
two flowers,
petals free
limbs intertwined,
becoming one,
there was a truth
that oversaw
metamorphosis
binding She and He,
to a great symbol
of a fiery gold,
it was the fire of
infinity.

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Ted Sheridan 19 January 2009

Some fine work my friend. Just popped in to say hello.

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