Only You

Only You

She stopped me

passionately saying:

" I only appear

at night

and i ascend

to nothing

but a throne

and i stand by

nothing but justice

and i reveal

myself to nobody

but to a lover

as you

and i bear witness

to nothing but

to love

and i go nowhere

but to you

and i read

nothing but

your verse

and i know

no name

but yours

and i dress

for nobody

but you

and i never

undress but

with you

and i do not

rejoice

but for you

and i never

grieve

but on you

and i hear

no voice

but yours

and i write

nothing without

your inspiration

and i understand

nothing

but your text

and i enter

no home

but yours

and lay

in no bed

but yours

and nothing

keeps me warm

but your arms

and nothing

intoxicates me

but your wine

and i drink

nothing but

your nectar

and nobody can

make my butterfly

but you

and not a soul

possesses me

but you

and nobody

acquires me

but only you.

Tarek Nassif

8/4/2007