I want to read you
Like a novel.
Turn over your every page,
Delicately peel back your story.
Navigate each twist,
And chart all your plots.
I want to read you
Like a suicide note.
Cut every line away
And shed the shame with you.
To find between the broken lines
The life you thought you’d lost.
I want to read you
Like a love letter.
The frantic confessions
Of a fool that knows no better.
I want to be the smile that guides
The hand to speak.
To be the poem at the end
And a scribble on the margins.
I want to read you
Like a scripture.
With the faith to follow
Your every verse.
To believe as you believe
In the blessing behind each curse.
I want to read you
Like a song.
Sing you off-key word for word.
Memorise your chorus
And have you playing on and on.
I want to read you
Like a sonnet.
Rehearse you
When I’m alone.
And recite you
Once you’re gone.
I want to read you
Like a notice of death.
To trace your life
In a single line.
To find you alive in the poetry that need not rhyme.
I want to read you one more time
So I’ll never have to say goodbye.
Namaste
