I am the breeze that moves your hair, Sweeps it softly 'cross your cheek... So lightly, you barely know I'm there, Although it's your attention that I seek. I am the mist that's in the air, Settling gently on your skin... Laying kisses where none would dare, Silent kisses from within. If I raise my eyes to gaze And your own should catch my stare, Will I find my heart revealed? Will you see how much I care? Once I steeled myself to look, Bravely looked in heaven's face; But with all the courage that it took, You saw only empty space. So now what do I do... Now you've left me scared to glance? Will I find they're all like you? Do I dare to take that chance? My answer's found in remembering A moment sweet and true Of a time I looked without restraint And was blessed with seeing you. I will open my eyes again one day, But never quite so wide. I'll share some bits of who I am, But never all I am inside. ©1998 Gail Von Schlichting Back To Poetry This page hosted by Geocities