From Gaze to Touch, Forbidden

IF YOU PLACE YOUR HAND ON MY CHEST, CAN YOU HEAR IT?THAT ISN’T THE SOUND OF A HEARTBEAT. IT’S THE SOUND OF YOUR FOOTSTEPS, PASSING THROUGH THE ALLEYS OF MY MEMORY EVERY NIGHT.I LOVED YOU BEFORE I EVER SAW YOU. AND WHEN I DID SEE YOU, MY WORLD SPLIT IN TWO: BEFORE YOU, AND AFTER YOU.BEFORE YOU, I WAS BREATHING. AFTER YOU, I BEGAN TO LIVE.I WISH I COULD STEAL A MOMENT FROM TIME.THAT ONE MOMENT WHEN YOUR GAZE, UNGUARDED, FELL INTO MINE, AND I WAS LOST IN YOU FOREVER.I WANT TO FRAME THAT MOMENT, HANG IT ON THE WALL OF MY HEART, AND STARE AT IT EVERY TIME I MISS YOU.I DON’T KNOW HOW TO LIVE WITH YOUR ABSENCE.LIKE A FISH TAKEN FROM THE SEA, I STILL THRASH IN THE DREAM OFWAVES.WITHOUT YOU, EVERY POEM IN THE WORLD IS UNFINISHED, EVERY SONG IS SILENT.COME, AND SAY MY NAME ONCE MORE.LET ME SEE IF I CAN STILL COME ALIVE JUST FROM HEARING MY OWN NAME ON YOUR LIPS.RAMESH MOFLEH HUSSAINI