did I know?

did you know

how I held your hand while you slept?

did I know

how much I loved you?

I never knew

how you bragged to your friends

of my poems and paintings

and how I was such a good daughter

you never said a word to me

but we said

I love you

over and over and over and over

love

never shallow

unfathomably deep

unspoken

.

slowly the petals

unfurl

and the hidden colors…

where is the moon tonight?

.

tears

quietly

in the golden…

how large

this intimacy

we share