Listen/Watch Poem by ann byrne

listen
i say with my eyes
as i walk towards you.

my footsteps sharply echo 'listen'

i reach out my hand and touch
your arm 'listen'
i say,
my voice still.

there are no silences between us
no empty spaces.
you fill me cell by cell
a hologram repeating
through my senses
wave on wave.

i am a shell
with a seed breaking
through me
as i disintegrate
into the earth
feeding your roots.

and you say
'Watch'
as you stretch up
and away from me.