3/14/07

Fingertips (after Hafez)

I type you,

the way you
were,
not the way
I wanted you
to be.

I type us,

the fading
dream of us,
and though
I know we
once died
and disappeared
from this earth,

yes,

we won't
ever die,
nor disappear
again.

Sometimes,

only alone,
when the world
is sleeping,
I raise the dead.

Sometimes,

only late
at night,
and
with no
fear of morning,
I believe in
a God,

and that
he is here

running
through these
otherwise useless

fingertips.

Los Angeles - 3/14/07