Lifes Work

Letters To A Young Poet

Watchtower

January 21, 2005 — Filed under: mypoems

Watchtower, marvelous virgin Breathless your lungs inhale Your stare so unforgiving, lonely Eyes trailing passage, enticing new Traces of careful footsteps Keeping time, aligning judgment Tracking every misconception to its final destiny It’s final resting place in your lamp light Your hallowed ground of piety. See my ghost, transparent siloet The bend it puts your heart in Dark watcher of the silent timid Please change your harsh gaze I bask in loves light In heart felt concern Watch my steps as they lead to your side Fellowed shadows our union has been perceived Breath in the warmth of my touch As fingers explore the sinuses tense Releasing you Untying