i didn't say

What I couldn't say was...

Beloved, will you be here

in this world with me

long?

What I didn’t say was...

Beloved, where have you

been?

What I didn’t do

was rise,

draw the curtains,

and

take the cup from your hand.

With God watching,

I should have shown

how Humans

can

Love.

I should have

taken your upper lip and

caressed it with the warmth of my tongue,

run a fingertip, along your lower lip,

and had you taste me.

I should have foundyour breath

and remembered it.

I should have placed myself

into the nape of you,

to know your scent.

I should have undone one by one

each of the buttons on your shirt,

and brushed my lips over every place

any clothing had just been.

And

with God watching

I should have taken you –

rigid, pulsing,

to hear you cry out

every last word that

I didn’t say

to

You

My Beloved.