Within

by Carolyn Campbell

I know you won’t see this

no matter how I write it

or where

or how high.

I know you wouldn’t hear me shout

if I installed

stereo

inside my throat

and speakers

underneath your mind.

I’m sure you couldn’t

feel my nearness

if I enveloped myself around you

and hugged your dreams inside.

And yet,

my knowing,

my hearing,

and my feeling

make it all real for me.

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