TO BE KNOWN BY YOU

may 22, 2024

To be known by you is the greatest pleasure I ever knew. 

I feared that one day I'd forget all the days of May, that every hour I once lived would go away.

I feared that no one would know my skin and that I would die without one sin.

In the middle of September is when I fell upon a certain gaze.

Still with the fear that I'd forget, I followed after you with no regret. 

There I joined you in glimpses of your life, where we wasted the hours smoking out of your pipe.

You would call my full name and be proud that you pronounced it the right way.

I'd have done anything you wanted me to whenever you said my actual name. 

To be known by you is the greatest pleasure I ever knew. 

A pleasure I fear I won't forget any time soon. 

Y.M.R