MY POEM FOR TODAY 3
         The Poetry Of Shant Norashkharian                                               From 1988 To 2010
THE VOICE OF ARMENIA
    So Tenderly...
       By S. Norashkharian

So tenderly your memory creeps on me
Not to stir this rare moment of renewal
As my senses surrender to receive you
By the fountain which springs for you within me

So tenderly like a distant violin
Which plays your song every time I call your name
And gives me flight in spite of the gravity
Which pulls me down more and more year after year

So tenderly not to waken the dull pain
Of my longing to hear your heart pulsating
When you kissed me so intensely and deeply
As if you wished to consume my sanity

So tenderly now your spirit watches me
As I search the vacuum you left in my bed
Perhaps I must never love as I loved you
Or believe that one just like you could exist

So tenderly your memory creeps on me
Like summer waves which were just warmed in the sun
As my senses surrender to the rare joy
Of knowing that you cannot not be with me


Dayton, OH, USA
June, 2010