the gods i, the gods ii, the gods iii, the gods iv, the gods v, the gods vi, the gods vii, the gods viii, the gods ix, the gods x, the gods xi, the gods xii
the gods vi by Donald Kuspit
still in need of me,
as the need for you
grows in me,
for we need each other
to live on
now that we no longer
need words
to live on,
now that we can only
grow in silence,
never outgrowing
each other
so long as we are able
to grow unseen.
do not fool me
as all my other loves have,
do not fail me
the way i fail myself,
do not abandon me
to meaninglessness
the way words have.
your sky has gone gray,
but i find you
in the hint of light
lingering unseen,
a seductive fossil
of feeling
i find preserved between
the faded pages
of childhood feeling.
Poetry
© 2005-2008 Per Contra: The International Journal of the Arts, Literature and Ideas
the gods vi by Donald Kuspit
