The Letters Alone Remained

You cannot hold a person down,
a person leaves.

You left.
I had nothing left to say.
I stand bewildered, thinking—
all those moments we had, none of them...
endure.

That strange enchantment in your eyes
that consumed me ceaselessly—
it turned out not to be as faithful as waiting.

The pity in your touch, once meant for me,
will perhaps never become love.

How easily things shatter into pieces,
how your careful hands
stopped guarding my feelings—
this truth...my insides
refuse to accept it.

You spoke to me just once today...
after so many days.
Do you know how close I've come to you?
You could never imagine!

Today I discovered—
the letters of my feelings...
are not as helpless as I am.