Elephant Leg

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There’s a part of you
I cannot see or touch.

In the dark, alone, I know
every curve of your body.
I could sculpt you from memory.
Each detail vivid in
my mind’s eye.

The boomerang nail on your baby toe.
This neck that takes to kissing.
I know the moment when your
hip becomes belly.
Just there.

But there’s a part of you I
cannot see or touch. Hidden, I want to
know it all the more.
Behind your eyes, inside
your heart, that essential
you, separate from this
fragile tissue hanging, draped, over bone.

I watch you move when
you’re not looking.
Standing, your feet turned in.
Twisting the end of your hair while thinking.
Asleep, I know your breathing.
You hold the morning cup like a chalice.
Little lines around your eyes deepen sometimes.

These things are pieces of a whole I ache to know.
This elephant leg obscured by sightless eyes can
be anything. Groping blindly toward
the totality of you, revealed in fits and starts.

This life of mine no longer turned inward.
Every day I have new discoveries to make.


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AnonymousAnonymousalmost 19 years ago
catchy title.....

is what brought me to this piece. the imagery you've created is very nice, and thoughts come in layers as one reads it. great job!!!........don

Wanton VixxxenWanton Vixxxenalmost 19 years ago
I was having a brunette moment...

as I was reading your exquisite assessment of your loved one all the while wondering, "why the hell would he have chosen "ELEPHANT LEG" as this so fragile poem's title?" - until I got to the final verse. DUH!!! <rolling My eyes>.

This was beautifully laid out with delicate details and My favorite of these, " I know the moment when your hip becomes belly. Just there." just rocked Me! I could go on and on, but I'm going to stop now and let another fortunate reader have their turn with this piece. And give you another "5" <smile>

Vixxx

Bridget69Bridget69about 19 years ago
Here's a vote and a comment. :)

Great poem. It truly demonstrates that no matter how much we think we know someone, there are always parts of themselves that will never be revealed.

AnonymousAnonymousabout 19 years ago
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Well, I voted! And I liked it... you really know your subject! *wink

Boo

AnonymousAnonymousabout 19 years ago
damn!

I loved this.. the intimacy revealed in both the small things of the loved ones and the vulnerablity of the desires of the lover... wow..

transcendent!

ty for the read..

Du~

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