I watch you walk from a distance,
Foot by graceful foot.
I watch the changing patterns
of light and shade
upon your shoulders, at your feet.
I walk the same road,
Beneath the same boughs.
The breeze that plays
With your hair
And wraps around you,
I feel it too – the very same breeze.
I feel your soft touch
On tender, new leaves;
For they respond to me.
I hear the melodies
That play in your bosom;
For they vibrate through me.
I know light is your beloved;
For I ever move towards the sun.
I know you must reach
Higher ever higher;
For I stretch skyward.
I know you embody knowledge,
That you hold wisdom;
For I gather these grains greedily.
I know you must be vast,
You must hold a multitude;
For my horizon keeps widening,
Trying to hold you.
I know you have conquered pain;
For it is dying rapidly in me.
I know your mind dwells
Deep, very deep;
For my thoughts have long since
Left the shallow realms.
Your life must be radiant,
for a glow spreads in mine.
Perfection must be your destiny,
For my road leads nowhere else.
You must create beauty
By every act of yours;
For beauty resides in me.
You are a definite reality
Or only a fanciful dream?
I do not know.
Yet I live for the joy
Of being alive,
Alive to find you,
To be found by you.