i tell you
you are amazing.
but you listen
not to my praises.
no attention
given to this
heart's adoration
of your being.
this creation
that is you
is beyond real
to me.
as divine as the stars.
my love for you soars farther
than the heavens.
but you refuse
to trust
my sincerity.
the disbelief
in your eyes
renders my
words of cherish
futile, offensive -
ugly.

when is the
brightness
my heart offers
daily allowed to
consume you?

when will the earnestness of
my support,
my partnership,
my admiration,
my yearning
be seriously
taken up in
your soul?

when will my man
see his woman
as mate,
confidant,
friend, 
lover?
and accepting
me as i am
not as enemy,
when will that come?

maybe all will seize your
tormented heart
once acceptance
of self is
accomplished.