bitterecstacy

BITTER ECSTACY

by Amy Lim

where fore
are those lips
that parted
in celestial smiles
and breathed
the language
nectar-sweet
ambrosia
of the gods?

wherefore
are thsoe eyes
that gazed
through pools
of love unbounded
conceiling mysteries
of all tomorrows
that span
eternity's page?

the stillness
mocks me
with bitter spite
scorns at
tormented longings
while desperate
and wanting
i vainly await
even the flicker
of response .....

i grope
in darkness
smitten by pangs
of bitter agony
lashed by torrents
of dire circumstance
hoping against hope
and reality
pursuing this
fruitless search -

icy fingers
touch my heartstrings
on winter midnight
quivering
they faintly
whisper through
the somber chill
"here i am .....
unknown, unseen!"

i see you not
but your
earie presence
is there
unconceived
- ah. numbness,
bitter-sweet pain
i pine .....
Forevermore .....

August 6, 1966