Harbour

Poetry by Cswythle Dacuag
Photo by Teslariu Mihai

I see your blossoming strength but
show me the part of you that
has been tainted by time
bruised like the clouds before
a storm begging to
be appreciated

Bring me to the fenced corner of
your eyes where your
darkest desires and needs lie
in wait in the peripheral world
for the right time to drop
the handkerchief

Lead me to the most painful part of
your desert where the lonely cracks
and untamed shrubs are isolated by
distance and engineered choices

I see your coveted smile but
show me that part of you which
is ungraspable like the slivers of
sunlight penetrating the curtains
staining the crumpled sheets
as incomprehensible as your
silence that rattles in a room

Bring me to the wintry corner where
you fold your dreams neatly
organizing them from blue to
the bluest of blue

Lead me to the edge of your
mountain where you threw
your million innocent pieces
while the rest of you followed a
a memory down a train station

I see your beautiful mind but
show me the cluster of hesitations
patterned at the back of
your stubborn will

Or
Lay with me here now
on my humble ground
where we can fearlessly watch your
thoughts ascend towards the midnight
blue without a guarantee that they
will look back and smile proudly at us

And
Then you will turn to me and
I will thank you for the small part
you have unreservedly shared
because after all
you are a magnificent wave
bound to disappear into the sea

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