We Need Not Speak. . .

We need not speak.
Centuries ago we passed
from realms noted for words.

We now simply look
toward the Other and know by
obvious signs what the Other seeks.

It is a far cry from the world
of words where the simple
I love you spoke what

reams of paper could not
properly say.   It was a love letter
that united planets of thought

that we searched.
I will miss these words
spoken from lips pressed

to my ear only to have
the world know
by the tender embrace

that the words were meant only for my heart.