You know it, I know it
That thing left unsaid
That thing between us
That thing that scrapes out our souls
Like a flicker of light inside us
A glowing pearl of thought
A windswept cliff on a distant shore
A mountain peak capped with snow
A beauty of such painful sorrow
As we leave that thing unsaid
Though we both know it’s there
And we both want it there
It remains…
A treasure between us
A small trinket of surpassing beauty
A rare gem of aching worth
And virtue
That we cradle in our hands, fingers entwined
As our hearts are entwined
In a mysterious puzzle
Of tangled emotion and
Interwoven paths
That our feet were set upon by fate
Before we ever met
Before we ever knew or dreamed
And fate laughed at our winnowing souls
Like a child full of delight
At her wicked jest
As she danced around our sentient forms
And plucked words from our heads
And spoke them to our hearts
And taught us to feel
That other thing
That thing that we know
That shall always be left
Unsaid …
