Within

By Jair Ananda Massiah

02/20/2010

I saw but didn't see

I touched but couldn't feel

I smelled but had no breath

I lived with many regrets

It was all me

I smiled but didn't laugh

I spoke but couldn't sing

I walked but cared not to run

I sought when I had already won

It was all me

I argued at the top of my lungs

I pushed when I should have stayed

I wanted more and more

Insatiable pain

It was all me

And when I thought I'd reached my peak

My heart found voice to speak

The leaves so green and mountains agleam

It pumped bright red and said

It was all me

My eyes divine

My insides alive

The breeze so cold

Music to my soul

With or without

Out and about

Traffic of mind

Confusion of our time

For love is eternal

As sand is perennial

The sea meets the sky

Sonnets take flight

Sweet is the whisper

Desire a fire

You walk with yourself

And everyone else

It was all me

It was all me

It was all me

Connection

Detection

Never rejection

Amazing vibrations

It was all me

Appreciate

No mistake

As sung by the choir

The earthquakes admired

It was all me

And then I tasted

Flavor intense

For teardrops were bliss

Each ripple a kiss

It was all me

Of cheeks so ripe

Of darkness of night

Of dimple sunned juice

Of memories aloof

I within you

You within me

I finally believed

It was always…just ME.