naked

i came to you

a clear-eyed doe

you did not guess

(how could you)

that i was in fact

searching for

the secret

to knowing

and unknowing

here

you took my hand

and placed it upon

your heart

there

you stopped

— breathless —

for a moment

(or two or three) and

then

i knew it all

knew it all too well

and left you

naked