Painting: Vilhelm Hammersshoi
A lover weighing his words
Every one
of those smiling atoms
that are you,
I love.
All those cuddly molecules
that clamber over each other
and puppy-growl comically
at each other,
I admire.
Those cascades
that shimmer through
your nerves
to produce your
hidden smile,
I dote on.
What you are
I cannot weigh,
I have no way
to grasp you fully.
Where you are is light
in which I track myself,
bouncing softly off
the bubbles
of your thoughts.
South-African poet
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