Thoughts of Her

A heart that will not open

She is an artist

She is a lover

She is my world

yet she lives in another

I don't really know her

Maybe I never will

Is she just a dream
a fantasy?

Did I create her

one part real
one part eternal?

No matter

She pulls my heart
tugs
yanks

upon the latch

but it does not budge.

A poem by Pemba Umoja