I Never Said I Love You. Poem by RIC BASTASA

i see your naked
body with me alone in
this room

and i am changed
and i am lost and
i never look for myself
lost, lost as i am
inside you

nothing matters
everything is here in
your naked body

how did i throw
away all that i am?
how did i waste all
that i learned
from the university
of restraint
from the college of
morals

here i am savoring
you
here i am losing
all myself

after this
i am silent
andi kneel before
you
to keep my own
silence
your silence
as mine
my silence
as yours....

i never said
i love you.