Love One-Sided (C) 3-13-2013 Poem by Zahir Kijani

I once woke up beside her
Twice our lips touched for the first time,
And my tongue fondled her soul.
Many times have I embraced her
Held her petite body in my arms, dreading the thought of letting her go
I've explored her mind, her past, her emotions, through her book
The journal she keeps that display the events in her past that has molded her
I've shared hard truths with her
Hopin to shed light on the darkness that has once overtaken us both
I told her that I love her...
I've shown her that I love her
And though she doesn't believe me,
I always will.
Cursed with the stipulation of every guy before me
She deems my lust for her isn't for her at all
But the challenge she bestows upon me
I do not lust for her,
I crave her,
Not merely in the physical
But in the spiritual,
The emotional, the mental, yes in the physical, and all is literal
I'd place myself atop Everest and hurl myself to certain death
If that means she may then begin to love me....
But she claims she never will,
She can never be loved nor love anyone
But she had already told a tale...
For I love her, and if she were to open her mind to the possibility
That 1 in a million chance that she can love me too
How we would soar above the heavens in ecstasy
I'd treat her as a servant does a goddess
All that is mine shall be hers, even the world and all of its riches
I'd do anything for her, although unlikely
I've sought the holy and felt temptation by the unholy for help
My God is more powerful than any being in existence
And my God is love so I beg him to overpower her stubbornness
And strong will...
Even with my heart splattering before her
It isn't enough... She believes we must start anew...
As friends, possibly work back to what we not only once had
But twice, and once, and many...
Can we really pretend to be friends again?
My heart is doomed, I've heard this story before,
My future is as bright as coal
My fate,
A string so thin, the gentle pull from an infant would tear it in half
But I'll travel to the deepest areas of hell and back for her...
Because I love her...