17 May 2014

No one can


No one can
Know what happens
Between us. Not
Because we don't
Tell them, but

Because they
Are not us.
Even we do
Not know. So,
I treasure this

This thing between
Us, like a secret
Pain, Inside me.
A pain both
Beautiful and un

Bearable, the
Duration of
Which is all in
All ways always
Certain and un

Certain. And thus
Is always a
Glimmer of a thing
Burning in the night.

Far from knowing
Far from knowledge
Far, far away
From me or you.

L. Steve Schmersal, No one can, May 2014.

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