Love Through Enigmatic Eyes Poem by Keonna Andrews

I sat down by my lover and asked them, what do you think about us?

And my lover said similar loving notes, that when spoken were like ice picks piercing my heart.

I explained to him that my love to him was hard to put into words, because it has two parts.

He looked at me with confusion and said 'my love what do you mean? '

And I said there is a saying that says, action speaks louder then words. So part one of my love for you is like a spring rain, nourishing, cleansing, beneficial, a calming sight, an unexplainable beauty. And that is what I feel on an emotional level to some extent. Now what I see is a man who is with me, and says that he loves me?

So my lover says, 'so what is the problem with that? '

I continued, this is part two of our love, when I hear you say that you love me and you reply back i love you too, I whole heartedly believe you, but because we are so absent from each other...

...that it feels as if i am dead to you. Wait let me explain. When you love someone who is significant to you in your life, they are a part of you in every way, like as if your two separate heart beats, beat as one. And at some point I feel that I have been buried somewhere in your life and the time we spend is the time you come to mourn and talk to me at my grave.

He said my love, I never felt as if you were dead to me. You are what keeps me alive. And I said, when people die those people are what keeps us alive as well, because we live to try to fulfill the desires that they have for us. My love it is time for you to let me go because I cannot rest in peace. You are tormenting my soul by keeping me in your life constantly.

He began to cry and he said my love I never wanted to hurt you, if setting you free is what will make you happy then I let you go. And when the words left his lips, i faded away...