You And I Poem by Samah Khan

You and I are both caught in a tide of emotions,
Swept away by the ever present waves that lap at our feet
Like hungry tongues-hungry for passion in this love-starved world.
Begging raindrops drench us in their invocations,
As they behold a sight long since lost to anger and greed-
It is because of you and I that Nature has unfurled.

You and I both know how terribly transient our stay is,
For as the beasts who sit on rocks and mete out punishments
Are the very fathers that govern our every move.
There is no future in this perpetually shortening tryst,
As we will be bidden, so shall our senses be lent,
Then there will be no long-dead lover’s tale to prove.

You and I- we are both worlds and worlds apart,
I, from below the shade of an aging but firm tree,
You the bird that flies above it with art;
We met somewhere in the tumble of the leaves, somewhere by the heart,
Somewhere where the tresses were attached to the scalp, yet soared free
Somewhere of which we were both a distant part

You and I shall not gain much from this love,
Save for a few moments of poignant feeling,
In a world that now forbids ardor and all its vested forms.
Perhaps in time, while are lives are at the close
We could merge our souls together and begin healing
Past the earth, past the sky, past the worldly storms
In Heaven where only love abides