You cannot know the fears I have
Shabbir Banoobhai You cannot know the fears I have As I think about you I fear that I shall live only at your laughter Lie awake long nights while you sleep So loneliness does not trouble you Nor hunger, nor thirst Overwhelm your waking world with wonder With the music of other worlds, your earlier home Read to you poems written the night before While you smile bewildered Or just when my very breathing begins to depend on you Even as your tiny fingers close around mine Some insensitive thing Crushes you butterfly spirit Shadows of a sun darkened land Flow over you And the eclipse Closes your eyes I cannot live with the thought of having you, loving you Any other way A day without such care Has no meaning We shall find you a name Your name shall bring light Widget is loading comments...
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