This Is Where I Love You From                 

 

This is where I love you from

Every memory an echoing hallway

The remains of what was and is not

Emptied by their fullness

Mocked by the yesterwas

And tormented by the yesternow

 

This is where I love you from

Where  spaces cry out for filling

Pointing fingers in my face

Admonishment for the breathing alone

The cessation of the dance

The nearing farness of the scent

 

This is where I love you from

In town and forest not yet found

From depth where shadows go to hide

From heights that tower over sky

Enmeshed in the bounded unwound

Prisoner to your gift of freedom

 

Here is where I love you from

There, a reminder of where not here is

Time and distance in air still enough

To call your name without a sound

Yet know you hear and journey on

Back to where I love you from

 

                                       s. paul