who wants to consume the world
like me?

to love it all,
so much to see

i am heart and heartless
with hopes to know
to be known

to say hello to every eye
and hold every hand
to take to heart each sigh
walk across each land

how can it be
that i count everything
that i count everyone
i have not, will not, can not meet
as loss?

oh the pain of the unmet
oh the rending sadness of the ever apart

like the unbegun relationship
the one that will never start

like the majestic trees that will never grow upon the moon
for lack of air
for lack of water
they play no part

it is like that for me
the unmet