Dismembered

I have no arms

To embrace you,

To protect you,

To give you comfort.

Only lifeless branches,

Reaching out for nothing.

 

I have no heart

To love you,

To pity you,

 To give you hope.

Only a hollow box,

Gathering air and dust.

 

I have no eyes

To see you,

To admire you,

 To give you tears.

Only glass marbles,

Watching the white darkness.

 

I have no ears

To hear you,

To know you,

To give you presence.

Only narrow caves,

Absorbing the vast stillness.

 

I have no lips

To kiss you,

To call you,

To give you words.

Only naked wounds,

Numbing my broken voice.

 

I am an empty puppet:

Deaf, mute, and blind

-- Barren as the Dead Sea.