UNKNOWN LOVE To T.

I don’t know whom I waited for
all my life
I don’t know what I liked
or did not like
At times I caught a faint gleam
in an eye
And shades of a dream
on another’s lips…
.
I saw a soft glimmer in the hair
of another
I admired yet another one’s
long limbs
Another charmed me with her
dainty steps
And another when she smiled
in silence…

I desired another one’s mere
breath and smell
As I coveted another’s marble
neck and back
Another when she got drunk
and giggled
Another one’s crystal clear
virgin tears…

I don’t know whom I waited for
all these years
I don’t know what I liked
or did not like
It may be the one who loved me
in secret
And cried her heart out
all night…

VARAND
Translated By: Tatul Sonentz