POEM WITH NO NAME

I know

your name

but I will

not tell…

I saw

your picture…

but there’s no more

time

to wait

or to dream

or to take

some drastic

action…

and i

am ok with that.

after all

it’s been decades;

ions in a lover’s years,

with many

detours

and

and choices

in which we

we were never mutually

involved.

yet you

look peaceful

with a light

that must come

from faith

or joy

or gracious

resignation;

or something else

that i may not

understand;

and in that

I may be

your

twin,

separated

at that painful birth

and with you

now

living,

but

drawing

closer

to

that

final

chapter

of the book(s)

that

we

have

written.

Linda Tauhid

©️2/20/24