I am still tethered, inextricably,
to those places that have been sanctified
by your longing gaze, still longing myself
for your gaze and for you,
for the mark of your establishment,
for the stain of your love,
for the remembering Call of God
upon your lips, infatuating
and resolved
not to return these weak affections
that shall never leave my heart,
they are stronger than iron, but
my hope is
Time shall be rain.
11/06/2016
after "Pull Yourself Together" by The Boxer Rebellion