Poem For You
By: Jehangir Saleh
Written: January 22, 2005

It occurs to me
So deeply, profoundly
That I wouldn’t be alive
Had I not loved you

For there is nothing else
Only space
And time I keep running from
And you
Who quiets me
In a different space
Without time

You are silent
I ask a question
Your body responds
There must be something greater, I think
But before I get too far, you hold me
As if tonight was the last night
Your body is warm
We sleep

I know nothing