For T. and the others
who could not
I can suit the
prettiest dress
and I can look my very best
and I can charm you in a cast
(you cannot
see me
and I can understand)
I can compose
music and lyric
and I can sing you a melody
and I can wail exhaustively
(you cannot
hear me
and I can understand)
I can easily scribble
a poem
and I can write you an impeccable sonnet
and I can, at times, feel despondent
(you cannot
read me
and I can understand)
I can radiate my thoughtfulness
and I can profuse my excellence
and I can be my very greatest
(you cannot
love me
and I can understand)
For each one can only share what they own
(and not what one merits)
For each one can only give what they possess
(and not what one deserves)
Either way.
