OVERFLOW
I saw another part, another face,
another side of you
a place you hid so well,
a place I never knew was true
and in so doiing both us were violated
but not so much to make our space vacated
A secret only yours to know
and in so seeing, hurt myself
in the way in which you never wanted to
you thought it best that no-one see
for there lay all your vulnerability
the privacy
that only you should be
So I hurt you as much as you hurt me
I hurt because I could not imagine
you had disbelief in my intention
in my endless attention
to everything you might require of me
I hurt because you could yet not trust
in all that lay beyond lust
I was still stead fast
There to last
Without a fear
that you could doubt my heart was always yours and no-ones’ else
I hurt because I also knew
perhaps you could yet not return
what for me was always true
but there were other needs inside of you
and all you had to say was what they were
and without question I’d defer
without doubt
to see what its about
and nothing else could ever reach
as deep or would impeach
upon the truth of us
I forgive because it was not for me to know
until such time as you thought so
until such time as your were calmed
and knew your needs would do no harm
to self or thus to me
I forgive and know you do the same
You know I have no need to create shame
in either of our hearts or souls
as the love we have will overflow
through time and space
as it did
when first I saw your face
I have no need for worry
there is no need for sorry
the love we have does overflow
through time and space
as it did
when first I saw your face
