In the Presence of One's Own Being

- Why do you love me so much?
- I don't know.
- You must tell me today!
- How can love be explained, I don't know.
I only understand...
my feelings for you are exactly like—
restlessness rising with every breath.
Sometimes it grows so much—
I think, this is it, I'll drown!

And then, sometimes it calms to a slower rhythm...
this breath seems to crush me in its own embrace.
Sometimes in sharp restlessness, in breathless dreams, pushing away the helplessness of heavy breathing...
I touch you with all happiness—
as if without you my very being has no existence.

Have you noticed how deeply I breathe when I hold you close?