impossible

It would be impossible for me

to hold you in my hands,

nor would I wish to.

Even the idea of you is uncontainable,

mind-bending, and yet

so beguiling,

that he who is before all things

should want to walk beside me,

take an interest in such a fragile

heart as mine - 

It would be impossible for me

to hold you in my hands

although I try to understand

you better, not to squeeze you

into my poor definitions, but

for you to define me.

You are vital to my existence

sustaining each thought, 

my every breath -

It would be impossible for me

to hold you in my hands -

rather,

I am held in yours.

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