[There are things I cannot tell you]

(inspired by Shane McCrae's collection of poems "Mule")

There are things               things    things I cannot tell you

I cannot tell you                                things    like         /Fear    

cannot bare        Fear yes fear      fear is    frozen

I listen to your words     gifts       behind glass

But I listen           cannot  touch    listen

Frozen words   

Listen to gifts     burned from lips

I cannot have you            but         it doesn’t matter

You are real        my          muse.