To an Indirect Acquaintance

by

Frank Valentyn

I hear that you are twenty-four
that you are so strikingly beautiful
that men and women both
pause speechless in beholding
when you enter

I hear that you have deep sensitive concern
for all that lives
give of self selflessly uniquely own
loved by all whose path you touch
with empathy and tender dedication
lifting with mere aura of your presence

I hear that you are married for just six months
knowing him ten years and one
before committal and officialised bonding
seen already across schooldesks
and teeming playgrounds

I hear that you are unscathed
excepting the small round hole
in your temple
and that they continually will find you
in the bathroom some yesterday
that lasts forever

I hear a cry primeval
from fathomless within
and hold your soul within my hand
gently tearing
entangled in timeless time
declare myself your brother
father, child, sister, mother
commit to choice unique our driven own
as you have done
as you are doing
ten eternities and one

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